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To: Ellendra; Diana in Wisconsin; greeneyes
Ellendra :" Add chickpeas to that list of cool-weather crops."

Quite true ! It is a legume, therefore, it creates it's own nitrogen, and prefers full sun; maturity is 100 days.
Can be started indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost, or direct planted; doesn't like roots to be disturbed.
Easily sprouted after cool water bath, after a 24 hour soaking; similar to sprouting lentils.(both are nutritional powerhouses).
At maturity, it will be a bush about 2 feet tall, with 1 or 2 beans per pod, but each bush will have many pods.
Thank you, I assumed since I associated them with Italian and Spanish cuisine,
that they needed warmer temperatures to flourish. Thank you for that suggestion.

76 posted on 05/22/2019 1:52:51 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; Ellendra

I cut out The Middle Man and bought two cans, today, 72-cents each.

For me? Some things are easier to purchase, but I am always open to at least KNOWING how to grow things I’ve never tried before for when TSHTF! :)


77 posted on 05/22/2019 3:17:57 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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