Prepare fertile soil for garden peas. Compost, processed or well-rotted manure are excellent organic amendments to incorporate with your planting soil.- Make your rows in a north/south direction for best sun exposure and air circulation.
- Soak the seeds for an hour or more prior the sowing.
- Treat the seeds with a nitrogen inoculant before seeding (to fix the nitrogen in the soil) and hasten germination.
- Dig a furrow 4 inches deep, covering the seeds with only 1 inch of soil, then fill in as seedlings develop.
- Space seeds about 1 to 2 inches apart in the row.
- Thin seedlings to 2 inches apart when they are 4 inches high.
- Space rows about 24 to 30 inches apart. Bush varieties can be grown in wide rows, spacing the seeds only 2 inches apart in all directions. Pole types can be planted on both sides of the trellis support to double yield.
- Seeds usually germinate in 10 to 20 days, depending upon soil moisture and weather conditions.
- Sow seeds at 2 to 3 week intervals, until mid-spring for continual harvest. Sow in mid-July for fall harvest.
- Be certain to put up trellis support for climbing (pole) varieties, as soon as seedlings are 2 to 4 inches high.
- When vines begin to die back, either compost or spade them into the soil.
Get an early start on your gardening season by planting peas and sweet peas!
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