Bean Seeds Splitting

[Rabidbun]

Heya, probably another weird question for folks!

I've gotten to the stage now of shelling most of my beans (which are nice and dried and rattle-y), but I am finding that the seed casing on the beans themselves is often split from the centre (eye bit) to about halfway across the width of the bean. This has happened for around half my crop so far. Will these still dry fully and store and be usable for eating and/or seed or should I just throw the split ones?

[taff]

not good for planting, but definitely good for eating...

Two Sheds will be along shortly

[Rabidbun]

Thanks, I'm just glad it's only bad on half of the varieties -I swear my garden is a mould and "weird things happening to veggies" trap!

[Flummery]

If they are dry enough to be rattly you could still keep them for dry beans. The pod natually breaks open to shed the beans to grow the next year's crop - only not in this country because the frosts kill them! It's called shattering and if you leave a bean or pea on the plant long enough - and the conditions are dry enough, you'll get this happening.