I tilled 3 rows for purple hull peas and zipper cream peas mid August because of our longer growing season In Ragley, Louisiana. Wanting to be sure we made a crop, I presprouted my pea seeds in my oven (off) with the light on. I rinsed my seed in warm water and placed in a cake pan. Then I covered them with a double layer of paper towel dipped in warm water and wrung out lightly. I placed them in the oven with only the light on (40 watt) and left them alone for a day, rinsed in warm water again and by the afternoon of the 2nd day had some seed roots appearing. I then opened the first row on that Wednesday afternoon, wet the V with the water hose completely soaking the soil in the V. Then I carefully laid each sprouted seed into the V and gently covered them with soil and lightly patted it down, rewetting the topsoil...by Friday afternoon I had the first row of peas up and was tickled about it. We have had Hurricane Laura decimate the Gulf Coast now when my peas were about 2-3 inches tall. I left for my Daughter's in Mississippi but my neighbor did not evacuate for the storm and told me today that my peas are still up and growing!!!
I tilled 3 rows for purple hull peas and zipper cream peas mid August because of our longer growing season In Ragley, Louisiana. Wanting to be sure we made a crop, I presprouted my pea seeds in my oven (off) with the light on. I rinsed my seed in warm water and placed in a cake pan. Then I covered them with a double layer of paper towel dipped in warm water and wrung out lightly. I placed them in the oven with only the light on (40 watt) and left them alone for a day, rinsed in warm water again and by the afternoon of the 2nd day had some seed roots appearing. I then opened the first row on that Wednesday afternoon, wet the V with the water hose completely soaking the soil in the V. Then I carefully laid each sprouted seed into the V and gently covered them with soil and lightly patted it down, rewetting the topsoil...by Friday afternoon I had the first row of peas up and was tickled about it. We have had Hurricane Laura decimate the Gulf Coast now when my peas were about 2-3 inches tall. I left for my Daughter's in Mississippi but my neighbor did not evacuate for the storm and told me today that my peas are still up and growing!!!