You can easily grow peas in your own garden. But right at the beginning a crucial question arises: When and how do you sow seeds?
Pea plants (Pisum sativum) are easy to grow in your own garden. A member of the legume family (Fabaceae), this plant takes up little space, making it a great addition to any vegetable garden and providing its protein-packed peas throughout the summer. The right time for sowing is important for successful pea cultivation. We'll show you the best way to achieve a bountiful pea harvest.
Time to sow peas
Pea plants are not among the most cold-sensitive plants in the garden and can therefore be sown in spring. Sugar peas and string peas can be sown outdoors from the end of March, but you will have to be patient with wrinkled peas. You should not sow this variety until April, as it is more sensitive to cold. If you want to speed up the propagation a bit, you can grow peas on the windowsill from the beginning to mid-March and then plant them outdoors in April.
Procedure for sowing peas
The cultivation of pea plants is quite uncomplicated, you can generally not do much wrong. Proceed as follows when sowing:
- Sowing depth: 5 cm
- Distance between plants: 5 to 10 cm
- Row spacing: 40 cm
A particularly important aspect of growing peas is crop rotation. Do not plant peas where peas or other legumes such as beans or lupins have been grown for the last 6 years. Adhering to the break in cultivation is very important to rule out diseases in the root area.
This is how it continues after sowing the peas
After sowing the peas, you have to be patient. As soon as the first plants appear and are a few centimeters high, you should take care of a climbing aid. Twigs or hazel branches, for example, are ideal for this purpose, which you put in the space between the young plants. These supports are usually sufficient to give the plants enough support,because most types of peas usually don't get taller than 80 cm.
You can find more information about growing peas here.