I just picked all these beans today as there is frost coming. I kept all the younger ones aside which I'll plan on eating raw. These were all the bigger or older ones that would be too stringy. Could I let them all go until try and then she'll the beans out for storage or is it likely some of these are too young to get a dried bean from?
by mrknowitnothingatall
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Apparently you can keep drying them in that way and it will work. But I usually just leave them on the plant to dry out for a while, they are ready when they are yellowed and rattle when flicked.
Maybe on the ones that look bulgy, but most of them look too immature to produce beans. For a driable (dryable?) bean, the pod should have noticeable bulges and not be very green anymore.
To me, the ones in the picture look perfect for the stock pet. They’re a little too ripe for green beans, but not ripe enough for dry beans.
Probably not, they don’t look mature enough. I would have left them on and just tanked the frost and see how they fared.