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  • From: JOHN A HENDRICKSON <jhendric AT wisc.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Edamame
  • Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:06:30 -0500

No, the ol' board with a notch in it would ruin peas and beans. Edamame pods
are kinda tough.

As my post said, I use the "stationary pod stripper" OUT of the sun, not in
the sun!

-John

----- Original Message -----
From: breck <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:36 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Edamame
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>


> I like simple, have you tried it with snaps or peas. I'm guessing there
> might be bruising.
> Just curious, but why are you stripping them in the sun?
> Breck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of JOHN A
> HENDRICKSON
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:32 PM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Edamame
>
> For those new to edamame, the word actually means "branch bean" and
> has been
> traditionally sold on the plant in Japan. However, convenience oriented
> shoppers in Japan (like in the US) seem to prefer them to be sold
> picked and
> packaged (or often frozen).
>
> Several years ago I looked into mechanical harvest aids for them and
> discovered a design for a "stationary pod stripper" in the proceedings
> of an
> international vegetable conference held in Washington state some years
> ago.
> Even though I imagined the plans would be beyond my engineering and
> construction skills, I tracked down the proceedings to see about building
> one. In my head I was imagining something with gears and belts and such.
> Imagine my mirth when I saw that all the plans called for a slab of wood
> with a tapered V-shaped notch cut in the middle. All you do is secure
> the
> wood to something stable and draw the plants through the notch and
> everything gets stripped off (branches, leaves, and beans). By positioning
> a reasonably powerful fan in the "drop area" you can blow most of the
> leaves
> away leaving just the beans in a collection basket. This does not resolve
> the issue of some beans being fully plump and others immature, but it
> certainly was speedy and I could do
> it out of the sun.
>
> -John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:02 am
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Edamame
> To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>
>
> > Regards to the list:
> >
> > We grow edamame (except this year it drowned) but we had trouble
> > selling the
> > whole plants like that in past years. So, we started pulling the plants,
> > picking off the pods and putting them in clear clamshells. They sold
> like
> > hotcakes! We noticed that lots of the pods weren't quite ready, so we
> > started picking the filled ones in the field and letting the smaller
> ones
> > mature and picked them again later for more yields. I believe we got
>
> > $4.00 a
> > pint for certified organic. It was a lot easier to pull the plants
> and
> > sit
> > under a shade tree to pick the pods!
> >
> > Marie in Missouri
> >
> >
> > Is anyone growing Edamame? We are trying some for the 1st time this
> year,
> > and it is ready for harvest. We are thinking about cutting the whole
> plant,
> > doing a quick rinse to remove dirt/mud and selling it as is. Is
> anyone
> > doing
> > this? Pricing? I think I can get two dollars a stem at our market.
> > Thanks,
> > Carla Maness
> >
> >
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