Growing Chickpeas for the First Time | Surprises, Struggles & Bean Math

🌱 Growing Chickpeas for the First Time | Lessons, Laughs & Legumes
Thinking of growing chickpeas (garbanzo beans) in your garden? This was my first year trying them—and let’s just say, they’re not your average bean. In this episode of One Seed, One World, I take you through my chickpea-growing journey: from rough germination and weird weather to impostor plants (👀 looking at you, crown vetch), low pod yield, and what I’ve learned along the way.

Whether you're here for chickpea tips, laughs, or just want to vibe to the theme song of the garbanzo bean, this one’s got a little something for every garden nerd.

👍 Like, comment, and subscribe if you dig garden adventures with heart, humor, and dirt under the fingernails.

🌿 In This Video:
What makes chickpeas different from other beans

Why germination can be tricky (especially after Mother’s Day rain)

The difference between real chickpeas and their evil garden twin: Crown Vetch

Yield expectations: Why 10 plants won’t make a hummus empire

Funny tee shirt commercial you didn’t know you needed

⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
00:48 – My Expectations & What Is a Pulse Crop
01:53 – My Chickpea Germination Struggles
03:05 – Chickpeas vs. Other Bean Plants
03:27 – The Chickpea Impostor Plant: Crown Vetch
05:20 – Teeazithromycin: A Shirt Commercial You Didn’t Ask For
06:05 – Pod Production & Harvest Math (Spoiler: I’m not opening a hummus factory)
08:12 – Final Thoughts on Chickpea Growing
09:45 – Outro & Chickpea Theme Song

👕 Garden Gear & Resources:
🛍️ My Etsy Shop (Teeazithromycin-approved shirts & garden printables):
https://www.etsy.com/shop/OneSeedOneW...

🛠️ My Favorite Garden Tools:
• Neptune’s Harvest Organic Fertilizer – https://amzn.to/43P8Vu0
• Homi Garden Tool – https://amzn.to/4kYtRG5
• Pruning Shears – https://amzn.to/4kUCYaO

🎧 Music for Digging (Literally):
🎵 Listen to my original garden-inspired music:
👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4yVPB...
👉 YouTube:    / j.t. & the plastic garden band - topic  

🌍 One Seed, One World is all about learning to grow, laugh at mistakes, and keep planting anyway. Got chickpea experience? Share it in the comments—I’d love to hear how your crop turned out!