Growing peas

Types

Clemson HGIC 1328 (South Carolina): garden peas (Pisum sativum) are cool-season crops that include the common green English pea and the edible-podded pea. English peas are shelled and only the seed eaten. Edible-podded peas take two forms: the full-podded snap pea with large seeds and the flat-podded snow or sugar pea with undeveloped seeds. Type notes on their sheet — not a cultivar mill.

Timing

Clemson HGIC 1328 (South Carolina): garden peas are cool-weather plants that can withstand frosts and light freezes, although the blossoms cannot. Plant pea seeds as early in spring as the ground can be worked. Fall plantings are not recommended on this sheet. Timing on their sheet — not a national plant date.

Spacing

Clemson HGIC 1328 (South Carolina): sow pea seeds 1 to 1½ inches deep and 1 to 2 inches apart in single, double, or wide rows. A double row is two single rows spaced 2 to 4 inches apart. A wide row ranges between 6 and 18 inches, seeds broadcast. Space rows 2 feet apart. Spacing on their sheet — not a BioArva average.

Limit

South Carolina HGIC 1328. English, snap, and snow types stay on this sheet. Southern pea is not on this hub.

Types

Maryland Extension (Maryland): hardy annual. They can withstand heavy frosts in spring and fall. Garden peas, snow peas, and snap peas (edible pods) are named on their sheet. Type notes — not a cultivar mill. Maryland’s attributed hardiness wording — not a planting-safety promise.

Timing

Maryland Extension (Maryland): sow seed in the garden in early spring when soil temperatures reach at least 40 °F. Days to maturity 50 to 70 from direct seeding. Maryland timing — not a national plant date.

Spacing

Maryland Extension (Maryland): sow seed 1 to 3 inches apart. Plant in wide rows, about 18 inches apart. Double rows may be spaced 8 to 10 inches apart in rows 18 to 24 inches on center. Spacing on their sheet — not a BioArva average.

Limit

Maryland green peas garden page. Hardy-annual wording and 40 °F stay Maryland. Not fertilizer.

Types

UMN Extension (Minnesota): peas (Pisum sativum). The most common type in American gardens is the shelling pea, also called the garden pea or English pea. Edible pea pods include snow peas and sugar snap peas. Tall vine varieties can grow up to five feet; shorter or bush types are two to three feet. Type notes on their sheet — not a cultivar mill.

Timing

UMN Extension (Minnesota): plant the seed as soon as the soil has thawed and is workable. Young pea plants can survive light frost and will grow at any temperature above 40 °F. Good growing temperatures are between 55 °F and 65 °F. Minnesota timing — not a national plant date.

Spacing

UMN Extension (Minnesota): plant tall, vining varieties at the base of the trellis in a single row. Shorter bush types in a single row near a trellis or in a row 12 to 18 inches wide. Place the seeds in a shallow trench, six to seven inches apart. For a wide row, broadcast with seeds about two inches apart. Cover with one inch of soil. Spacing on their sheet — not a BioArva average.

Limit

Minnesota peas sheet. Thawed-and-workable timing and 6–7 in trench stay Minnesota. Not fertilizer.

Types

Illinois Extension (Illinois): peas are a frost-hardy, cool-season vegetable. For gardening purposes, peas may be classified as garden peas (English peas), snap peas, and snow peas (sugar peas). The Southern pea (cowpea) is an entirely different warm-season vegetable. Type notes — not a cultivar mill. Illinois’s attributed hardiness wording — not a planting-safety promise.

Timing

Illinois Extension (Illinois): peas may be planted whenever the soil temperature is at least 45 °F and the soil is dry enough to till without its sticking to garden tools. Illinois timing — not a national plant date.

Spacing

Illinois Extension (Illinois): plant peas 1 to 1½ inches deep and one inch apart in single or double rows. Allow 18 to 24 inches between single or pairs of rows. Allow 8 to 10 inches between double rows in pairs. Spacing on their sheet — not a BioArva average.

Limit

Illinois peas page. Southern pea (cowpea) stays a named exclusion — not on this hub. Not fertilizer.