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When do I harvest my noodle beans for the seeds?

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Posted by zackey GA 8b (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 19:56

I have 2 red Japanese noodles beans I let grow so I would have seeds for next year. They look kinda pregnant now. Do the shells dry up by themselves when it's time to pick them?

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RE: When do I harvest my noodle beans for the seeds?

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When the pods are fully dry (like paper) and the seeds rattle inside the pods.

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When saving seeds from yard-longs, I leave four or five prime pods to fully mature in late summer. Eventually they do turn tan, with small beans inside. There is often 3 inches or more between beans within the pods, so you need several pods to get 20-30 seeds.

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Thanks for your advice!

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To the advice already given, I will just add that the dry pods are too thin to protect the seeds from moisture, and the seed inside will spoil if the pods get wet for a prolonged period. So if rain threatens, pick any dry or near-dry pods & bring them indoors to finish drying.

For "Red Noodle", the seeds are a little more closely spaced than the yardlongs mentioned by Planatus. However, other varieties I have grown had seed 2-3" apart or more. One I grew this year, "Three Foot Plus", had such wide spacing.

The odd thing is, the seed count per pod seems to be fairly constant across a range of varieties. As a rule, the seed spacing increases proportional to the length of the pod. You will generally get 10-15 seeds per pod; this can vary up or down a few, depending upon conditions & pod length.

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