Broad Beans

Debz · « **on:** July 29, 2009, 09:25 »

I have grown these for the first time this year and they have pods on them but how do I know when they are ready to pick?

Beetroot queen · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2009, 09:27 »

They get really big i picked some of mine too early and even though the pods looked huge the beans were tiny

lucywil · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2009, 09:28 »

depends how you like to eat them, some people eat them small and eat the whole pod, i personally wait till they are bigger and just eat the beans

willnbirdie · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2009, 11:33 »

We pick them when the pods are somewhat 'bumpy' and you can feel the individual beans pressing against the inside of the pods and the beans inside are still green. I believe they also say that the pods should have started to drop downwards ie pointing at the soil rather than the sky.

cheers

willnbirdie

SMD66 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2009, 11:39 »

feel the girth!

Yes you can feel the beans inside but don't wait till they are really big, better young and tender I think.

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