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Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 15:28
| have never grown shelling beans for storage. I need some advice for harvesting storage, growing variety called flambo, pods are full and some starting to dry in the plants, do I wait for the pods to fully dry before harvesting and shelling? also the territorial seed site says that I can freeze for two weeks the seed to eliminate bean weevils, I would think that after freezing, that they would get soggy once defrosted. no? |
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- Posted by matthias_lang (My Page) on Fri, Aug 29, 14 at 16:44
| If you want to store them as dry beans, then, yes, let them dry on the vine, The pods should turn completely crispy and probably tan. The beans inside should be dry and hard. Then pick and shell beans out of the pods. I would leave them to further dry where they can be spread fairly shallowly, perhaps in 13 X 9 pans. After a month, I'd do the freezer treatment (if wanted). Be sure to save some for growing next year. They will not be soggy after freezing if they were not wet going into the freezer. |
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| Agree. Fully dried on the plant first. Then shell them by threshing and winnowing. Freeze for 48 hours but make sure they are fully dried first and spread out in a thin layer on a cookie sheet or such. Then store in jars out of direct light. Dave |
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- Posted by ristau5741 6 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 12, 14 at 16:55
| So why are my shelling bean have some yellow/orange coating on the beans, not like I can scrape it off or nothin', just on a handful or two came out of the pod like this: |
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