🌿 Field Peas
Field Crops · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 65 days – 70 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 8 days |
| Planted as | lb |
| Water | ~0.75–1.2 in a week |
When to plant — Spring Field Peas
In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant around Mar 18 — as soon as the ground can be worked.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | Apr 17 |
| Zone 4 | Apr 9 |
| Zone 5 | Mar 29 |
| Zone 6 | Mar 18 |
| Zone 7 | Mar 4 |
| Zone 8 | Feb 15 |
| Zone 9 | Jan 23 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
When to plant — Winter Field Peas
In USDA zone 6, for example: Sow around Oct 6, a couple of weeks before your ground freezes — it overwinters and comes away in spring.
| Fall | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | Sep 6 |
| Zone 4 | Sep 11 |
| Zone 5 | Sep 24 |
| Zone 6 | Oct 6 |
| Zone 7 | Oct 27 |
| Zone 8 | Nov 11 |
| Zone 9 | Nov 26 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Field Pea Types
- Winter · 70 days · 30–60 lbs of green manure/plant — Austrian winter pea — fall-sown, overwinters (South/transition); a big spring nitrogen boost.
- Spring · 65 days · 30–60 lbs of green manure/plant — Spring field/forage pea — sown with oats as a pea-and-oat forage or green manure up North.
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