• maturity judged by changing their colour to brown is the best harvesting time.
• The plants are usually cut with a sickle within 75 cm above the ground.
• Harvested plants should be left in the field for sun drying for 3-6 days depending on season.
• Threshing is done either by beating the pods with stick or using Pullman thresher.
• The proportion of seed to pods is generally 50 - 60%

Yield