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vegetableSplit red-seed variety of lentil cooking quickly to creamy texture. Indian dal staple. Cool-season legume. Nitrogen fixer.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids, Thrips.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps, Minute pirate bugs to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Well-draining, sandy, alkaline
A fellow Fabaceae — similar growing habits to Red Lentil
