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Bush type plant produces heavy yields of dark purple cowpeas that turn black when dried. Easy to shell variety. A Southern favorite.
The Southern pea is a warm-weather annual that will tolerate no frost. Southern peas include blackeyed peas and crowder peas. Southern peas are sometimes called cowpeas or field peas. Sow Southern peas in the garden 4 weeks after the last average frost date in spring. For an early start, sow Southern peas indoors 6 weeks before you plan to transplant them into the garden. Sow succession crops every 2 weeks. Southern peas require 60 to 90 days to reach harvest.
Southern peas are tender bushy or vining annuals. They are more beanlike than pealike. The best know Southern pea is the blackeyed pea. It is white with a distinctive black mark at the hilum or seed scar where the seed attaches to the pod that makes it look like an eye. Other types of Southern peas are: the crowder pea, so named because the seeds seem to be crowded into their pod; cream or conch peas; and the purple-hull pea, named for the color of their pod. Southern peas are also called cowpeas or field peas because they are sometimes fed to livestock or used as green manure.Cowpeas are part of a
traditional Southern meal.
Rich in Minerals, Calcium, Iron & Vitamins: A, B1, B2, C, & Niacin.
Bush type plant produces heavy yields of dark purple cowpeas that turn black when dried. Easy to shell variety. A Southern favorite.
The Southern pea is a warm-weather annual that will tolerate no frost. Southern peas include blackeyed peas and crowder peas. Southern peas are sometimes called cowpeas or field peas. Sow Southern peas in the garden 4 weeks after the last average frost date in spring. For an early start, sow Southern peas indoors 6 weeks before you plan to transplant them into the garden. Sow succession crops every 2 weeks. Southern peas require 60 to 90 days to reach harvest.
Southern peas are tender bushy or vining annuals. They are more beanlike than pealike. The best know Southern pea is the blackeyed pea. It is white with a distinctive black mark at the hilum or seed scar where the seed attaches to the pod that makes it look like an eye. Other types of Southern peas are: the crowder pea, so named because the seeds seem to be crowded into their pod; cream or conch peas; and the purple-hull pea, named for the color of their pod. Southern peas are also called cowpeas or field peas because they are sometimes fed to livestock or used as green manure.Cowpeas are part of a
traditional Southern meal.
Rich in Minerals, Calcium, Iron & Vitamins: A, B1, B2, C, & Niacin.