BeSweet Edamame Soybean

BeSweet seeds produce an edamame soybean. Plants have a compact bush habit. Plants typically reach 25–30 in. Seeds generally emerge in 7–10 Days at 70–85 °F. The first representative harvest is generally reached in 80-89 Days from direct sowing.

About BeSweet

BeSweet is sold as an edamame soybean selection. The principal color is green, and the harvest form is Green pods containing plump soybeans; the pods are not eaten. Sweet, green, and nutty when cooked at the plump green-shell stage. Best uses include cooked green-shell soybeans, freezing, succession sowing, and seed saving. Other seed records may list it as Bean.

• Scientific name:Glycine max (L.) Merr.
• Life cycle:Annual
• Planting season:Late Spring
• Growth habit:Bush
• Plant height:25–30 in
• Sunlight:Full sun
• Seed depth:1 in
• Germination:7–10 Days at 70–85 °F
• Spacing:4 in between plants; 24 in between rows
• Soil:Loamy; pH 6.0–6.5
• Water:Moderate
• Support:No-Support
• Reproductive type:Open-Pollinated (OP)
• Harvest form:Green pods containing plump soybeans; the pods are not eaten
• Maturity:80-89 Days

History and seedkeeping context

Edamame is soybean harvested at the plump green-shell stage, not a separate botanical species. BeSweet is retained as the selection name on this product, but public listings use more than one BeSweet designation, including numbered selections. The records reviewed do not establish whether this seed is BeSweet 292 or another BeSweet line. The seed is therefore described by the verified soybean identity, compact bush form, green-shell use, and current field timing without assigning a breeder or release history that may belong to a different selection. Future BeSweet grow-outs should keep the original supplier, packet wording, lot, year, location, isolation notes, representative plant count, and observed harvest traits together. That record can clarify the maintained line without making the name or family account stronger than the seed and documentation support.

Why this variety is distinct

The edible portion is the cooked green soybean, not the fibrous pod. Harvest when pods are filled but still green, blanch or boil before shelling, and freeze promptly when preserving. Seed intended for replanting must remain on healthy plants until the pods and beans are fully dry, which is later than the edamame eating stage.

Harvest and kitchen or field use

Harvest when the green soybeans are plump inside still-green pods; the fibrous pods are not eaten. For seed, leave selected pods until fully dry. The crop is described as Green pods containing plump soybeans; the pods are not eaten. Cooked green-shell soybeans, freezing, succession sowing, and seed saving. Sweet, green, and nutty when cooked at the plump green-shell stage. Cook green soybeans before eating; the fibrous pod is not eaten.

How to grow BeSweet

Direct sow 1 in deep during the late spring planting window. Keep the seed zone near 70–85 °F and evenly moist until emergence, normally 7–10 Days. Grow in full sun with loamy soil near pH 6.0–6.5. Space plants 4 in apart and rows 24 in apart. Keep the soil evenly moist through flowering and pod fill without leaving the root zone saturated. No trellis or staking is normally required, although low edging can keep heavily loaded plants off the soil. Plants typically reach 25–30 in.

Season care

• Wait for warm soil in the late spring planting window before sowing BeSweet; cold wet ground delays emergence and encourages rot.
• Water consistently through flowering and pod fill, then reduce irrigation as dry-seed crops approach final cure.
• No trellis or staking is normally required, although low edging can keep heavily loaded plants off the soil.
• Harvest when the green soybeans are plump inside still-green pods; the fibrous pods are not eaten. For seed, leave selected pods until fully dry. The crop is described as Green pods containing plump soybeans; the pods are not eaten.
• Use 80-89 Days as the planning range, while allowing for shifts caused by weather, soil temperature, and plant stress.

Maturity and harvest timing

80-89 Days from direct sowing to the first eating harvest under suitable conditions. Harvest when the green soybeans are plump inside still-green pods; the fibrous pods are not eaten. For seed, leave selected pods until fully dry. The crop is described as Green pods containing plump soybeans; the pods are not eaten.

Saving seed

The crop is largely self-pollinating, but occasional insect-carried crossing can occur among compatible varieties. Save from several healthy, true-to-type BeSweet plants rather than one exceptional individual. Mark seed plants before the eating harvest, remove clear off-types before they contribute pollen, and let seed reach full biological maturity. Shell only fully dry pods, discard moldy or insect-damaged seed, and dry the cleaned seed again before storage. Label the lot with crop, variety, source, year, location, plant count, isolation method, and selection traits. Keep the original packet and lot history with the saved seed so later grow-outs can be compared without relying only on memory or seed color.

Common problems

Watch BeSweet for bean beetles, aphids, leafhoppers, mites, pod-feeding insects, bacterial or fungal leaf spots, rust, mosaic symptoms, and root rots. Rotate away from legumes, avoid working wet foliage, water at the soil line, and remove badly diseased plants. Cold wet soil commonly causes poor emergence; excess nitrogen can create leafy growth with fewer pods. Save seed only from healthy representative plants.

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