[shedmeister]

My Bunyard broad beans are now past their best for picking and as they were such a good crop I would like to save the remainder for seed. Do I need to wait for them to die off on the plants or can I cut the plants down and dry them in my shed.

[LilacSandy]

Leave them on the plant to mature but if the pods are turning brown then you can cut them down and dry in the shed.

[Totty]

If you don't need the ground for anything, the longer you can leave them on the plant in the ground the better.

Totty

[rowan57]

Tend to be better dried on the plant. The pods will go black & crispy, once they get to this stage you want to get them off pretty quickly to avoid them getting too wet again.

[mumofstig]

My pea pods were drying nicely - until this week's wet weather!

They had started to go mouldy looking, so picked them and podded them - fingers crossed they will dry ok 

[Laurentius]

Most of my broad beans this year have been grown from last years seeds, I dried them on my windowsill in a propagator. You have to keep them spread out well though otherwise you may get mould.