"SavvySurfer" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have had my trumpet vine for over 5 years, but this is the first
time I
have seen 8-10" beans on it - I presume they are seed pods of some
kind, but
I haven't been able to verify that.
Does anyone know? and if so - do I let them dry on the vine before
attempting to harvest?

If you let them dry on the vine, they'll self harvest, creating more
vines. You've reached the stage where I was when I decided it was time
to eliminate the trumpet vines. It took 5 years, but it's finally
gone. It was worst than passion vines (May Pops) to kill off!!

Tom J