When the pods begin to turn brown, stop watering so let the plants die back and dry out before harvest. Lentil plants grow well in cool weather and suffer in hot weather and high humidity levels.

The humble lentil is a legume. The legume family is made up of beans, lentils, lupins, peas and peanuts. Basically, if it has a pod and an edible seed inside, it's a legume. Lentils grow en masse ...