"Can we make Chandra come back?" I WISH!

I grew chick peas in Mexico, on the high plateau, for a couple of seasons. We were in a arid environment with flood irrigation. I started mine in February, which was right after danger of frost had past. Six to eight inches spacing seems about right. I planted mine in rows. They have "ferny foliage." They didn't need support, being low and bushy. I picked mine as the pods (which usually contained 2 seeds a piece) dried. I treated them like dry beans by freezing the dry seed for a couple of days in an airtight container. This would kill weevil eggs.

Garbanzos are HARD! I didn't grind them for flour. However, I used them just like soy, making tofu and garbanzo milk. I also LOVED them toasted, ground and used as a coffee substitute. I liked that better than real coffee.

If I were you, since you have time, I'd purchase a bag of garbanzos from the grocery store. Then I'd do a germination test by wrapping about 10 of them in a damp paper towel and keeping that inside a plastic bag. After about 5-6 days I'd see how many have sprouted. This enables you to calculate a germination rate. Store bought usually doesn't germinate as well as seed purchased from a seed company. But it is much cheaper.

George
Tahlequah, OK

Thanks, George! I definitely needed to read about freezing them. In fact, I've never heard about freezing any beans before!

The more I work with and read about garbanzos, the more I love them. Some processes seem laborious.

But if all else false it looks like the garbanzo coupled with sesame or others to complete proteins are just too versatile to not work with!

Dropping the technical mindedness (like if that does me any good?) and getting a "feel" for what these lovelies desire in soil, I consider a spot in the "yarden" where there was once a black walnut tree. Darn it!

I bet I'll need to build up some soil somewhere to keep them away from the clay. That would be okay, but a lot of time is going to need to happen before that many raised beds appear

I need a back hoe lolol

I'm cutting ground for these tomorrow. I need chick peas and I don't have any!

I grew garbanzo beans, this year. I purchased seed from the grocery store. Of course it was wet. So, I was surprised they continued growing. Eventually, they developed a few pods. It was good to, at least, see them grow to that point.

Today, I checked. The pods were empty. Some were still green and puffed up. Empty. I checked the yellowed and dried pods. Empty.

Thanks for the update....I was wondering how they were doing for you. Empty pods are a little frustrating!

Yeah. Someone suggested that water stress can cause false impregnation. Seems that, on a regular year, I would have gotten beans. At least that's encouraging.