By its appearance, soybean is very similar to beans. The most valuable in the plant are fruits. From one bush you can collect up to 80 pcs. fruits, and sometimes more. Soy is a field vegetable, but as it turned out, some of its species can also be grown at the dacha. Having created suitable conditions for growing soybeans on your site, you can get an average yield of even higher than in the field.
Planting soybeans
If you decide to plant soy, then choose for her a place protected from the winds and well lit by the sun. It is best to prepare a site for planting the plant from the fall, having previously made necessary fertilizers for it. You can sow seeds in late spring - early summer, after the soil warms up well. Sowing is done in rows in moist soil. Initially, we must regularly weed the beds from the weeds. After the soybean blossoms, you should make grooves between the rows, in which to apply the fertilizer, then pour and sprinkle with the soil.
The soybean harvest can be significantly worse if you do not fight diseases and pests. This can be an acacia fire or a spider mite. During the formation of fruits, plants are sprayed with various insecticides.
Soybean cleaning
In late summer-early autumn, the leaves of soybean begin to fall off, and the fruits dry up and make noise when shaken. This is a signal to start harvesting soy. You do not need to empty the soybean, you can use it as a compost .
Using soybean
Soybeans are used to prepare many useful food products: soy milk, flour, meat, cottage cheese, butter . There are many opposing opinions about whether soy is useful or harmful. Raw beans contain substances harmful to humans. Before eating, it should be soaked in water for 12 hours, and then cook for 2-3 hours. However, in general, soy is a very useful plant, containing many easily digestible fats, proteins and vitamins. Many nutritionists believe that in the future it may well replace meat.