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Broad Beans Pods Are Turning Black, but The Beans, Hard, but OK Why

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hello @tday8491 and welcome to the forum .... can we have more information please, and some photos?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tday8491tday8491 Posts: 2
    The Pods Start Black On The Outside And Turn Brittle. Inside The 'Fur' starts White As Normal And Degenerates To Black. The Bean Is Not Moist, but Is Hard and Tough. No Pictures Because All Went In Brown Bin Yesterday.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It sounds as if they've been left too long on the plant ... how big were they?  When did you plant them and when had you intended to harvest them?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    Use the beans for next years seed.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2021
    barry island said:
    Use the beans for next years seed.
    He says he’s thrown them away. 

    @barry island  … Do you agree that it sounds as if he’s not picked them when they were young and edible?

     Perhaps he’s not grown them before and wasn’t sure what to expect?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    Hoik them out of the bin and use them for next years seed I grow broad beans as an early crop which quickly turn from too small-just right-too big and tough all in the space of three weeks or so they don't seem to last well for me.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2021
    We sow ours outside in late Oct and usually start picking in late May … the crop usually lasts around 5-6 weeks, picking 2-3 meals a week. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Did they have blackfly? I have found that pods that are badly infested go black, the juice is sucked out. Also if the beans aren't kept watered they can become hard. Same thing if you pick them too late.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    We started picking and eating ours in mid May - young, juicy and sweet.  By June some of the beans were getting big and floury so were all picked and frozen.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I find that if I pick from the bottom up the top pods are several weeks behind the bottom ones … we never let them get big and ‘floury’.  I spose it does depend on weather conditions as to how long they remain tender tho. As @obelixx says, picking and freezing before they get large and dry is better than allowing them to remain on the plant too long. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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