If you’ve discovered all the wonderful ways to cook with lentils, you’ve likely considered growing this pulse or grain legume crop in your home garden. As a frost tolerant plant, you can sow lentil seeds in early spring. This crop is fairly easy to grow, but knowing how and when to harvest lentils can be a bit tricky. When is Lentil Plant Harvest Time? Most varieties of lentils take between 80 and 110 days to reach maturity. After flowering, a short pod will develop. Each pod will contain one or two lens-shaped seeds. The color of the lentil seed is dependent upon the variety, but they can be orange, yellow, green, brown or black. As lentil plants reach maturity, home gardeners will likely find their lentil plants bending toward the ground. Don’t be alarmed. Lentils have notoriously weak stems and this is a common problem even among commercial growers. Additionally, […]
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