How to grow peas?
Varieties
Supreme, sarsabz, pea 2009,
meteor FSd, Climax improved, samrinazard, pea-8,H-57
Soil:
Peas tolerate a wide range of
soil from light sandy to heavy clay, Well drained slightly acid soil, pH optimum 5.5–6.5, Peas do
not tolerate waterlogged soils
Sowing time:
- Early: last week of September to 1st week of October
- Late : last week of October to 1st week of November
Temperature:
A cool growing season (optimum 20°c) is necessary for obtaining
good pea production.
How to grow:
Peas are propagated from seeds. Seed is sown at a depth of 4-7cm
at a rate of 65-280 kg/ha.
Row*Row= 15-30cm
It takes 10-14 days for emergence. Peas have hypogeal emergence,
which means that the cotyledons remain below the surface. Flowering start about
45 days after planting and lasts 2-4 weeks. The pea growing season varies from
80-150 days depending on temperature and rainfall.
Irrigation:
Irrigate peas plants after 4 days interval. Water is
necessary especially at flowering and pod filling.
Fertilizer:
Peas do not need
fertilizer particularly N. Nitrogen addition is necessary when nodulation is
poor. Usually nodules will appear on the roots 2-4 weeks after the emergence of
seedling.
Irrigation up to seed
filling +Phosphorus P120 kg ha-1+ Potassium K100 kg ha-1 is good for
vegetative and reproductive parameters similarly highest seed yield 2.63 tons
ha-1.
Harvesting:
Garden peas are picked
by hand before the seeds are fully matured and the seeds stay in the pods. For dry
peas the moisture content has to be less than 13%.
