TO BE SURE YOU ENJOY your homegrown vegetables at peak quality and flavor, you must know when to harvest them. Plus, regular harvesting of crops like peas and beans increases yield, with the plants producing new flowers and pods for a longer period of time.
There are several indications that it’s time to harvest crops. These include the size and color of the plant, fruit or pod, and the nearing of the crop’s “days to maturity.” Listed on the seed packet, days to maturity is the average time needed for a vegetable to go from seed to harvest. The seed packet or transplant tag should also describe the visual clues that suggest
