Green Planet Farm
Jack Bean - Canavalia ensiformis - Seed pack
Regular price
$7.00
Great tropical giant legume that makes bean pods 12" in length. The plants form a mounding shrub or vine if left to grow up something. It is edible in its young green tender phase and also can be cooked to get rid of harmful anti nutrients when mature and dry. High protein content and suitable for feed supplement for livestock. Tropical perennial needs a long growing season.
It fixes nitrogen into the soil and also repels harmful nematodes in the soil.
A must have for any permaculture, agroforestry, syntropic farm or garden. Plant in mass to form a cover crop or ground cover.
1 seed pack is 10 seeds
1 oz average: 20 seeds
1lb average: 320 seeds