I was told that I needed to break the pods open because of a sharp point on the pod that detered the deer from eating them. I was told that if I mowed them to break open the pod the deer would hit them harder in the late season for the beans themselves.
The beans are not for harvest, only for the deer, so I don't care either way if the pods burst on their own or if I have to break them open with a brush hog or flail chopper.
It has frozen a couple times up there already and the pods show no signs of opening. How long does it take?
Brian