![]() Available from SeedGro, an American brand offering only the best natural, non-GMO, open-pollinated, hybrid, and heirloom untreated seeds. About 150 seeds per ounce or 2,400 seeds/lb.Įach seed packet contains approximately 75 seeds. Fresh peas are green with a light-pink eye and slightly kidney shaped. Pods are straight, about 8″L with 9-11 peas per pod. Top Pick Pinkeye Purple Hull peas are said to have a superior taste to other pinkeye varieties somewhat sweet and earthy. Pods are green when immature and dark purple at the mature-green stage. Bunches of 2-3 pods are highly set at or above the foliage level. Erect, determinate, compact (about 20″) non-vining bush type plant habit. Irrigation is normally not necessary as they are renowned for their ability to grow under harsh conditions. Thin to one plant every 3 to 6 inches in rows spaced 24 to 36 inches apart. Generally more synchronistic in setting pods and produces greater machine harvested yields than “Texas Pinkeye Purple Hull.” Quickpick Pinkeye Southen Peas (Cowpea) does not have a tendency to vine as other pinkeyes do. Plant to one inch deep, 1 to 2 seeds every two inches. Resistant to Blackeye Cowpeas Mosaic Virus. Suitable for home gardens and market growers. ![]() Peas are very flavorful and cream-colored with a maroon eye. Produces high yields of 8-in (21cm) dark purple pods. Quickpick Pinkeye Southen Peas (Cowpea) is a determinate pea developed for the fresh market. Suitable for either machine or hand harvest. Quickpick Pinkeye Cowpea Seed - Purple Hull Southern Pea Seeds Non-vining bush type plant. ![]() Example: ' Big Boy Purplehull', ' CT Pinkeye Purplehull', ' Coronet', ' Early Scarlet', ' Knuckle Purple', ' Mississippi Purple', ' Pinkeye Purple Hull BVR' and ' Quickpick Pinkeye'.įor more information, click here for a PDF document on growing Southern Peas.Quickpick Pinkeye Southen Peas (Cowpea) is a 60 days – fresh sheller, 75-80 days- dry stage bean. Purplehull (Purple Hull) peas - The pods in this group are either completely purple or exhibit some purple coloring at the tips. Example: ' Black Crowder', ' Mississippi Silver', and ' Colossus'.įield peas - Vigorous, vine-type plants with smaller seeds. Examples: ' Lady', ' Sadandy', ' Cream 8', ' Texas Cream 40', ' White Acre' and ' Zipper Cream'.Ĭrowder peas - The seeds are crowded into the pods and typically starchy. Examples: ' Early Scarlet' and ' Six Week Browneye'.Ĭream or Conch peas - Generally small plants with light colored peas. Examples: ' California Blackeye #5' and ' California Blackeye #46'.Ĭolored-eyed peas - The peas in this group have eye colors other than black. These include:īlack-eyed peas - The peas are white or light with dark, black hilums (eyes). There are several types, groups or categories of Southern Peas. Southern peas are self-pollinating with insects, as well as wind, being responsible for moving the pollen to achieve fertilization. As a legume, they have the ability to fix their own nitrogen from the air so planting in too rich of soil or fertilizing can cause the plants to keep growing (running) and with pod production greatly affected. Irrigation is normally not necessary southern peas are renowned for their ability to grow and produce under harsh conditions. Avoid cultivation after the plants begin to bloom. Pod set is highly concentrated, making for a easy harvest. The 8, purple pods are easy to harvest and the pinkeye cowpeas are excellent for drying or canning. Later the peas will shade out most weeds. 70 day The compact plant habit of this cowpea makes it a winner in the home garden. Control weeds early in the season with shallow cultivation. Plant four to six seeds per foot, 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches deep in rows twenty to thirty-six inches apart. Therefore in most areas, Southern Peas really should be planted in May or June. Most varieties are ready to harvest at the green pea stage in about sixty days and at the dry stage in seventy five to one hundred days. Southern Peas can be planted from May to August, as soon as the soil has warmed to about 65✯.
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