Revised April 2000

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Vegetable Planting Calendar

English, shell peas

Snap peas, edible-podded peas | Southern peas, cowpeas

• Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 10 to 15 feet
• Approximate planting per person per year, process, 25 to 30 feet
• 1 pound of seeds for 100 feet of row
• Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 24 inches
• Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
• 2 inches between plants in row
• Plant 1 inch deep
• 65 to 75 days from planting to eating stage
• 720 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
• 15 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
• Peas questions and answers
• Recommended varieties
  • Little Marvel
    Plants small but productive, early
  • Green Arrow
    High yield, disease resistant
  • Spring
    Early
  • Knight
    Early, short vines
  • Bolero
    Mid
  • Green Arrow
    Mid to late, long holding in field
  • Lincoln
    Mid to late, very sweet

Snap peas, edible-podded peas

• Recommended varieties
  • Sugar Bon
    Early
  • Sugar Ann
    Early
  • Cascadia
    Mid
  • Supersnappy
    Mid, large pods
  • Oregon Giant
    Mid to late, large pods
  • Snowflake
    Late, dark green
  • Super Sugar Pod
    Late, long vines

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    March 1 to 30
  • Central Missouri
    March 15 to April 10
  • North Missouri
    March 25 to April 10

Southern peas, cowpeas

• Recommended varieties
  • Mississippi Silver
    Early maturing, brown crowder; use green or dry
  • Pink Eye Purple Hull
    Bushy, vining to semi to vining plant, white with small purple eye

• Recommended planting dates
  • South Missouri
    April 15 to 30
  • Central Missouri
    April 25 to May 15
  • North Missouri
    May 1 to 15

G6201, revised April 2000