jbosmith
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I usually take pretty good notes about such things but was a slacker this summer. Cha Kura Kake went from "Hey that leaf is turning yellow" to "holy crap those plants look like sticks" at some point when I wasn't looking. It felt shockingly fast at the time, but for full disclosure I was working enough hours in August that my concept of time was squishy at best. It got me to watching all the other legumes which is the only reason I can guestimate 2-3 weeks later for Ezonishiki.The DTM I gave for Ezonishiki is for edamame; the DTM for Cha Kura Kake is for dry seed. Not sure why I did that, given that both are edamame cultivars. I must not have recorded both dates... something I'll flag for their next grow outs.
But that aside, Exonishiki should have ripened slightly earlier; or at the very least, close to the same time as Cha Kura Kake. I can only speculate that while both varieties would have flowered at the proper time for your latitude, the temperature differences between the two sites may have retarded pod development for Exonishiki, and perhaps accelerated it for Cha Kura Kake. Quite a difference, almost a 3-week reversal of what should have occurred. Did you record the actual days to dry for both? That might help to unravel this mystery.
My one BEI 77-6177 plant was the latest, but it also got a slow start from a scraggly seedling. It made a nice plant in the end though!