I have a packet of Mung beans for sprouting but I've no idea what sort of plant a Mung bean is - if left to grow normally, instead of sprouted (bean sprouts).
Without goggling or duckducking, what do you think they are like - height, flower colour, etc etc.
I’ve no idea! I’ve offered considered growing a couple to find out. Never have because I’m guessing the uk climate isn’t going to have the right conditions for them.
I think they’d be bush beans. With white flowers and quite long pods. I think pods would be about the length and thickness of a bog standard pencil with a rubber on the end
. Pods………. Green, I think.
Let me know if I’m even close
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I'm hoping a few more people will guess before I put you out of suspense.
Are mung beans what we know as bean sprouts? I can't say I've ever seen the dried beans let alone the plant, and that's after years in the Far East. My excuse is I was more interested in eating than growing in those days.
I reckon they'd be bushy plants and the beans quite thin and short and in bunches. If I'm correct about the beansprouts, I wonder why that sort of bean is chosen for sprouting rather than others.
I'm guessing they're small bushy plants with lots of pods that are easy to pick.
Any guesses about flower colour?
JJB, yes, they're your standard bean sprouts you eat in Chinese etc meals and they sell by the bag in supermarkets - sprouted and unsprouted.
Forgot about flowers something pale, I don't think they'll be bright or showy like purple podded pea flowers are.
I'm with Bren pale, white?
Thanks for guessing but you're all wrong ...............the flowers are yellow.
"The appearance of mung bean plants is more similar to garden beans than it is to soybeans. They can grow up to 24 to 30 inches (60 – 75 cm) tall; they also have smaller leaves than soybeans, and a moderate number of branches.
Pods are three to four inches long, with 10 to 15 seeds each, and there are 30 to 40 pods in every plant.
The color of the pods turns darker as they mature, making it easy for growers to known when harvesting time is nearing."
https://www.gardenershq.com/Growing-Mung-Beans.php
Nice video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4f-jtH7bvY
That’s very interesting. I might try sowing some of my beans next year.
You’ve inspired me to sprout some more. Now.