How to Grow Peas, Complete Growing Guide

what's going on growers it'sJames Prigioni coming  to you live from jersey today i'm going to share   with you how to grow peas from seed to harvest  and share some tips along the way let's go before we get to planting our piece we want  to make sure we're spending a little time   on planting for instance we want to make sure  we're growing the right kind of peas and that   we get the right ones in the ground the kinds that  we want to eat because there are basically three   kinds of peas when it comes to backyard gardeners  the first kind are the snow peas snow peas are the   ones that i have right over here these are going  to have a flat edible pod with pretty small peas   and these are ones that are great for stir  fry and stuff more of like an asian kind   of pea you'll find those a lot on the stir fries  they're delicious to eat fresh just like this too   and then we also have the snap peas the snap  peas are my favorite kind of pea these are the   ones over here they also have an edible pod  you can eat them at this young age like this   or you can allow them to get bigger and eat them  when the peas are larger in it the third kind   of pea is the english pea sometimes called the  sweet p2 and that one doesn't have edible pods   so you just basically eat the peas that are  inside of it when they're nice and plump so   those are the three kinds of piece i mainly grow  the snap piece but i do grow a few snow peas also   and i grow the snappies because these are  my favorite to eat tuck loves these ones too when it comes to planting peas they do best in  cool weather that's why the spring and the fall   are the best times to plant them if you live  in a region like me that has a very cold winter   then the best time to plant them in the spring  is about four weeks before your last expected   frost date this way the peas have time to come  up and grow before the weather gets too warm   that's okay if you get a late frost though because  even if the peas have emerged they can take some   late frost because they're pretty frost tolerant  the idea is that we want our plants to grow and   thrive before the temperatures get above 70 or 75  because once those temperatures get that high then   the production of the peas will start to slow peas  like growing in the soil with a ph from about six   to seven and a half they like a soil that drains  well but it also needs to retain moisture because   when those peas are starting to form on the plants  you want to make sure that there's enough moisture   for them to produce and continue producing  so when i like to prepare my soil what i do   is i mix in some organic matter i like to mix  in my own homemade soil it consists mainly of   compost some coco coir and some peat moss this  organic matter allows the water to be retained   within it but then it can also drain relatively  well too if you're direct sowing your piece which   is what i suggest you do if you want you can  inoculate your peas with the rhizobia bacteria   what this bacteria does is it forms like a  symbiotic relationship with the with the roots   and the um bacteria actually takes nitrogen  from the atmosphere and it converts that into   available nitrogen for the plants in the form  of root nodules these nodules stay on the on   the plants and then after the plants die the  nodules fall off and those help fertilize the   the next round of plants but you  don't have to inoculate the plants   i didn't inoculate this plant and i don't  usually inoculate mine and i still get good   bacteria production on them so it's just something  you can do if you feel like you want to like other   fruits and veggies when it comes to peas we want  to make sure we're planting varieties that are   early mid and late to extend our harvest or  we could just plant our favorite variety if   it's like a sugar and and plant that one on a  staggered planting schedule so maybe plant it   one week and then a couple weeks later plant the  same variety this way we can extend the harvest   so your earliest planting of peas you want to make  sure that's in a really sunny location that will   warm up quick because it's going to be early in  the season and then your later season ps maybe the   later producing varieties you can put them in a  spot that gets partial shade so that when the sun   does come out and it really starts heating up the  plants don't get scorched too badly peas are crop   that do best when you direct sow them and when  it comes to growing your peas there are two kinds   you've got the bush peas or the dwarf peas and the  binding piece when it comes to the vining piece   what i like to do is plant them about one and a  half inches deep and then a couple inches apart   from one another i like to plant these up along  a fence and if you're up along a fence like this   i only plant them on the one side but if this  wasn't the outside of my garden you could plant   another uh row of peas on the opposing side of  the fence this way you can kind of like double   up the rows of peas right there when it comes to  growing your dwarf varieties you could plant those   just a few inches apart also and then if you want  you could just allow those peas to grow and since   they're growing closely they'll enter intertwine  with one another and kind of hold each other up   but i'd rather not do that what i like to do is  just grow all my peas the same way like the vining   varieties i like to grow up along a fence and just  encourage them to grow along that fence this way   they're very strong and can hold themselves up  when you're growing those vining piece though you   want to make sure the fence is pretty tall because  some of the varieties of binding piece can get   five or six or some of them even seven feet tall  so you want to make sure you have some support for   the piece especially when the strong winds come  if you're planting peas in a bed especially the   vining varieties you want to make sure that you're  planting the peas on the northern side of the bed   this way when the peas get large and trellis  they're not shading anything out on the south side   and when they're young i like to just come along  and just guide these tendrils up against the fence   just delicately to encourage that growth along the  fence line so they grow up and tall because you'll   notice once they attach to the fence line they  usually start growing rapidly and if you want to   grow your peas in the fall you can plant your  peas out about six to eight weeks before your   first expected frost date you want those to have  some considerable growth before you're actually   going to the colder parts of the fall and into  the winter i prefer growing my peas in the spring   this is usually when i get the highest level of  production and the highest quality peas after your   peas are planted germinated and they start coming  out of the ground you may run into an issue like   i have in the past and the problem i was having  was all the rodents well i couldn't find exactly   what it was we're coming by and eating all my  peas when they were very young because they   were eating them while they were so young it was  preventing the peas from getting to a good growth   stage and allowing them to produce enough leaves  so they can get to the fruiting stage if i come   close to some of these pea plants you'll notice  they've got a lot of bite marks in them and stuff   and what i found out was the birds were the  culprit they were the ones that were eating   a lot of my young peas so the only switch i  need to make was when the plants are young   i just come by and i cover this cover this  section with insect netting that prevents the   birds from getting in and that really solves  all the issue so you might be running to the   issue where your peas are getting eaten  while they're young try insect netting   for me it worked incredible and then now  that we have our peas growing to this   point they're fruiting they look excellent we're  continuing to pick the fruit and the weather   starts heating up now when the weather heats up  if the soil temperature of the peas gets too hot   then the peas will stop producing so we want to  make sure we're keeping the soil relatively cool   and with a high level of moisture in order to do  that we built a good healthy soil but the next   thing we're going to do is we're going to put a  nice mulch down this mulch is going to prevent   the ground from heating up too much once the  sun gets really hot this will extend our season   for pea production so we're just going to get  some nice clean mulch down a couple inches thick   allowing the ground to stay at a good consistent  temperature and i didn't have to do this till   about now because it's been pretty cool out but  now some of the warmer weather is starting to come   after these peas have completely finished  and we're done harvesting all of them   what we would do is we will cut the peas down at  the base but we want to make sure that we're not   pulling the roots out because like i showed  you earlier on the roots they have the nitrogen   nodules which will help fertilize the plant the  next round of plants which will be cucumbers   in the future so when these are finished  we're going to cut them down at ground level   and transplant cucumbers into here when it comes  to fertilizer peas tend to not really need any   additional fertilizer especially nitrogen actually  if you give the pea plants too much nitrogen then   they'll focus mainly on the production of leaves  instead of the production of the fruit so we don't   really need to add any additional fertilizer for  this when it comes to harvesting your peas they're   going to be ready about 60 to 70 days after  you plant them and then after you see the first   flowers usually it takes about a couple weeks  maybe three weeks till you can start harvesting   when it comes to the snow peas you can harvest  them when they're flat and the peas are just   you can see through you want small flat and the  peas just starting to form very small in there   and you can eat it fresh just like this and then  when it comes to the snap peas right behind me   we like to eat these when they're just a little  more plump so i like to eat them at this stage   but you could allow them to get larger and allow  the peas to get larger within them and then just   eat the peas if you want both of these have the  edible pods so you can eat the pods or just a   piece when it comes to the shell piece or the  english peas which i don't really have any planted   those ones you just have to eat eat the peas and  you'll want to harvest those when they're like   bright green and big and before they get really  waxy i like staying on top of picking my piece   i like eating them when they're young  like this because i don't want to miss any   when it comes down to it if we allow a pea to sit  on the vine and fully ripen then the vine is going   to focus its production and its attention  on the production of the seed within the   within the shell as opposed to the production  of more flowers which would be more fruit   so i like to pick a lot of the peas to trick the  plant to continue to produce i think that's a you   know a nice little thing to do and it adds to my  harvest so when i pick my peas i like to eat them   almost as soon as i pick them i don't want a lot  of time to go past because if we allow like two or   three hours to pass then the sugars within the pea  will turn to starch then they won't taste as good   so i like coming out here in the early morning  grabbing these fresh peas and snacking on them   this is going to be about the third round  of harvest i'm gonna get from this piece   i have some record some of it recorded that i'll  show you so i've been continually coming out here   grabbing peas and eating them freezing some  of them and saving them for the future when   harvesting and managing your peas you want  to be relatively delicate with the plants   so when you harvest them if you want to do it by  hand what you want to do is hold the vine with   one hand and then pull away at the pea with the  other hand what you don't want to do is just grab   the pee and try to yank out it like this because  that will negatively affect the vine so when it   comes to peas there are some varieties that are  stringed and some that are stringless so you have   to think about that the stringed ones you have to  pull the string off before you eat them so if you   want to grow some stringless varieties you might  want to think about that before we actually get   planting but peas there's nothing but better when  you can eat them fresh like this and i've said it   once i'll say it again like Bill Mollison says if  you want organic food you gotta grow it yourself   that's today's video growers thanks for watching  i hope you enjoyed it i hope you got something   out of it i hope you take the time to get out  there to get some peas into the ground if it's   a little late this year for the spring i hope you  plant some in the fall and if not this fall then   maybe next spring i want to thank sharon kirk one  of the new channel members for joining team grow   me and tuck really appreciate your membership and  we really appreciate you being part of the whole   team basically so we're going to be back at you  again with another one real soon me and tuck we're   just trying to enjoy some of the weather now that  it's getting a little warmer here we had a bad   storm where there was a lot of wind and stuff and  it negatively affects some of the things but we're   sure everything's gonna just gonna bounce right  back so if you guys enjoyed this video hit the   like button hit the subscribe button share with  your friends don't forget to check out the merch   down low and remember whenever you're on amazon  start your shopping with our amazon affiliate 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Channel: The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni

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Length: 11min 25sec (685 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 02 2021