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Vicia faba
My neighbor grows thes Fava bean plants in her vegetable patch. Once they grow this height ,she completely cuts of the plant and only leaves the roots behind to create a nitrogen rich soil. The roots of this plant have a lot of nitrogen. She then grows the tomatoes and cucumbers in this soil . Does this mean that the cucumbers and tomatoes grown in this kind of soil will have a higher protein content?
Yes is that,from what i learn about the process it's very good to substitution of the quimical fertelizers in bio agriculture,cientificly speaking:)
so basically it enriches the soil but it does not mean that the plant will have a higher protein content?
Emma,i love favas,it's a very tradicional food in Portugal and beans toThe metod you talk about that you neighbour use,is very common in biologic agriculture,some vegetables have nodules in the roots that fixed the nitrogen,so if you grow those plants in to a medium size and them berry them the nitrogen in the nodules stay's in the growd and his absorved by the culture you made in the top,so the croop grow better.i dont know if the plants have in the end more protein content,but it's a very spread tecnic that i se people use,even normal farmers,to grow tomatos they grow first white lupin,that they berry before the grow is complet,white lupin,favas all the beans are Fabaceae and can be used in the same way.
@Christy---well that made me chuckle! I am a horror fan so I knew exactly what you were talking about...
They are a beautiful flower though aren't they...peas and beans make some of the most beautiful flowers.
These are beautiful flowers! Who would think that the garden vegetables' flowers would be so pretty! But now all I can think about is Hannibal Lector saying "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." ;-)
Great fact...."Broad beans are rich in L-dopa, a substance used medically in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. L-dopa is also a natriuretic agent, which might help in controlling hypertension.[8]" -- Wikipedia...
They are some great references to the fava bean in history on the wiki page.
Beautiful! That is a great example of purple in nature. I just love the flowers that come on bean plants. So gorgeous.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Mar 3, 2012
