🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 2 cm
- Sowing distance: 60 cm (low varieties) to 80 cm (tall varieties) between rows, 5 cm between plants
- Germination: 5-24 °C, 7-14 days (in dry weather: soak the peas overnight; do not do this in wet weather due to rot)
- Planting distance: 60 cm (low varieties) to 80 cm (tall varieties) between rows, 5 cm between plants
- Plant out as: plants 20 cm high
- Growth cycle: 60-70 days after planting out
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Pre-grown: sow under glass mid-January-February, plant outdoors late February-early April, harvest late May-June.
- In situ: sow outdoors March-April, harvest end of June-July.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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🪟 Pre-grown (under glass → outside)
On site (open ground)
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
🌿 Popular breeds
📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Legume
- Plant family: Pea family
- Height: 60-180 cm
- Growth cycle: 60-70 days after planting out
- Frost resistant: yes
- Root system: 45-60 cm
- Preferred soil: pH 6.0-7.5
- Fertilization: no additional fertilization
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: 🌞 lots of sun
Watering: 💧 little water needed
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
Good neighbors
Bad neighbors
- Onion
- Garlic
- Gladioli
- Grape
❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Few specific dangers and concerns known.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
You harvest peas when the pods become round.
Harvest a pod regularly to check whether the peas are nice and round.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g cooked peas without salt:
- 84 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 16 g carbohydrates
- 5 g protein
- 5 g fiber
- 6 g sugar
- Vitamins: A, C and K
- Other: folic acid, iron, thiamine and manganese
