When is the best season to plant dog claw beans?

Dog claw bean planting season and time

Dog claw bean is also called Mucuna pruriens. Its planting is seasonal, and most of the time it is planted in spring and autumn. For example, in Guangdong and Guangxi, it can be sown in February and March, and in the Yangtze River Basin, it can be planted in March-April or August-September.

Dog claw bean harvest season

The harvest time of dog's claw bean varies depending on the planting time. It usually matures between June and October, and the yield per mu is about 50-100 kilograms. The young pods and seeds of this plant are poisonous and can only be used as feed or fertilizer.

Steps and methods of planting dog claw beans

1. Land preparation and fertilization

Before sowing, ridges and furrows should be made, the soil should be deeply plowed and the land should be prepared. Each ridge should be about 30 cm wide. After that, a certain amount of base fertilizer should be applied and drainage ditches should be dug.

2. Start planting

The planting of dog claw beans can be carried out by hole sowing, sowing about 5 kg per mu, and sowing 2-3 seeds in each hole. When the plants grow to about 15 cm, apply fertilizer and weed in time.

3. Scaffolding

The trellis needs to be built when the dog claw bean seedlings grow to about 40 cm. The purpose is to allow them to have more sufficient growth space, which can increase the yield of dog claw beans.