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🥕 Rice Bean

Vigna umbellata
vegetables Annual Vine Fabaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
7-11
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
6-12 in
📐 Height
6-10 ft

🤝 Companions (2)

🤝 Corn
Corn provides support for climbing rice bean
🤝 Sorghum
Traditional companion in Asian upland farming

⚠️ Keep Apart (3)

⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic - may inhibit growth
⚠️ Mint
Aggressive mint competes for resources
⚠️ Walnut
Susceptible to juglone toxicity from walnut trees

📝 Growing Notes

Traditional SE Asian bean. Small seeds cook quickly like rice. Very nutritious.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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