Bring fresh edamame to your vegetable garden. Midori Giant is a vegetable soybean grown for its large green pods and sweet, nutty beans. Pick the pods while they are plump and green, then cook and shell the beans for snacks, salads and rice bowls.
Your packet contains 20 seeds of Glycine max ‘Midori Giant’. Seeds are supplied for planting, not for eating. Photos show mature plants and pods.
Why grow Midori Giant?
- A named edamame variety selected for use as fresh-shelled soybeans.
- Upright, bushy growth that normally needs no climbing support.
- A useful warm-season crop for sunny beds and raised gardens.
Growing at a glance
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Light: Full sun.
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Life cycle: Annual.
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Sowing: Direct sow after frost when soil reaches at least 60°F.
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Spacing: About 4 inches apart in rows 18–24 inches apart.
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Harvest: Approximately 75 days from sowing under suitable conditions.
How to grow
- Sow 1 inch deep in fertile, well-drained soil. Water gently after planting.
- Keep moisture even while seedlings establish and during flowering and pod formation. Avoid cold, waterlogged soil.
- Harvest when the beans fill the pods but the pods are still green, before they begin to yellow.
Common questions
Do I need a trellis?
Usually not. Midori Giant grows as a bushy soybean plant.
How do I eat the harvest?
Cook the harvested beans before eating. Shell them after cooking and discard the hairy pods; do not eat raw soybeans.
