Pisum Sativum (subsp. arvense L.)
Field Pea
Family of the garden pea, annual climbing legume. Viny, relatively thick and succulent (in comparison with garden pea) stems. Purple or pink (sometimes white) two-toned female flowers, purple-blue male flowers. Brown, purple, or dark purple-blue pods. Can be up to 150 centimetres or 5 feet high. Most popular variety is the 'Blauschokker'.
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Field Pea
Latin name
Pisum Sativum (subsp. arvense L.)
type
Vegetable
family
Fabaceae
ph
7.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.80 M
1.20 M
Pisum Sativum (subsp. arvense L.)
Family of the garden pea, annual climbing legume. Viny, relatively thick and succulent (in comparison with garden pea) stems. Purple or pink (sometimes white) two-toned female flowers, purple-blue male flowers. Brown, purple, or dark purple-blue pods. Can be up to 150 centimetres or 5 feet high. Most popular variety is the 'Blauschokker'.
Planting outdoors in spring
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Plant container grown peas in mid Spring in triple rows about 4" between seedlings. Don't let them dry out.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Early round seeded peas can be sown in early Spring; and wrinkle seeded, second early or main crop varieties are best sown in mid Spring, when the ground has warmed a little. Sow in shallow trench about 2" deep and 10" wide sprinkle seed in the bottom to end up about 4" apart.