Edamame

Pests & beneficial insects

🐛 Prone to: Aphids

Aphids

Aphididae

Curled leaves, sticky honeydew and ants on patrol — usually with something already eating them.

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Attract Hoverflies

Hoverflies

Syrphidae

The adults only drink nectar. It is the larvae that eat the aphids.

, Lacewings

Lacewings

Chrysopidae

Golden-eyed adults that mostly drink; larvae that hunt like small alligators.

, Ladybugs

Ladybugs

Coccinellidae

The one predator here where the adults hunt as hard as the larvae do.

, Parasitic wasps

Parasitic wasps

Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and relatives

Pinhead-sized, stingless, and lethal to aphids and caterpillars from the inside.

to keep them in check — plant African MarigoldGreat, ChrysanthemumGreat and French MarigoldGreat nearby.

🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Minute pirate bugs

Minute pirate bugs

Anthocoridae

Two to three millimetres, and both stages hunt — thrips and spider mites, thirty a day.

that help control Thrips

Thrips

Thysanoptera

Silvery streaking with black specks — the specks are how you tell them from mites.

, Spider mites

Spider mites

Tetranychidae

Fine pale stippling in hot, dusty, dry weather. Visible webbing means you are already late.

on neighbouring plants.

Growing from seed

Direct-sow Edamame outdoors about 2 weeks after your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Grow in full sun, spaced about 10 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 90 days.

Keep track of the seeds you own.

Companion Planting

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  African Marigold
  

  African MarigoldGreat pair

  • ❧African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Edamame
  • ❧Edamame fixes nitrogen in the soil that African Marigold feeds on
  • ❧African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Edamame
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  Chrysanthemum
  

  ChrysanthemumGreat pair

  • ❧Chrysanthemum attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips and more that attack Edamame
  • ❧Edamame fixes nitrogen in the soil that Chrysanthemum feeds on
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  Diviner's Sage
  

  Diviner's SageGreat pair

  • ❧Diviner's Sage attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Aphids and Spider mites that attack Edamame
  • ❧Edamame fixes nitrogen in the soil that Diviner's Sage feeds on

How to grow Edamame

1. Sow2 weeks from frost
2. Germinates7 days
3. Space10 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~90 days

Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Well-draining, fertile — fixes nitrogen