You can harvest good peas if you know when to plant them outdoors.

Peas are an unpretentious plant from the legume genus, which after ripening gives tasty sweet fruits. To grow it on your site, you do not need to be a professional gardener - you just need to know when to plant peas in open ground and how to care for them. If done correctly, closer to autumn you can feast on healthy grains containing protein, fiber and many vitamins.

When can peas be planted in the ground?

So that plants do not die from too low temperatures in the Moscow region, it is important to know the timing of planting peas in open ground. As soon as all the snow cover melts and the weather becomes milder (in the second half of April), you can plant early varieties of peas in the garden. Light frosts, sometimes lasting until May, do not interfere with peas.

If early ripening species were chosen, you can postpone planting until July - by autumn it will already be possible to harvest. Some gardeners prefer to sow peas several times from April to July, but at the same time, at least 10 days should pass between planting different varieties.

When to plant peas in open ground for conservation? If the crop is needed in order to roll the peas into jars, sowing can be done in mid-May.

So that the peas do not suffer from pests, before sowing, they are heated in a solution of boric acid heated to 40 degrees.

Choosing a landing site

Planting and caring for peas in the open field begins with preparing a site for growing this crop. The garden bed should not be located where strong winds blow - peas cannot stand a draft. Therefore, it is best to plant it in a well-lit by the sun and a warm place, even a small hill will do.

Try not to overdo it with fertilizers. If the location of the beds is planned in advance, for next year, then top dressing can be applied in the fall. However, if you find out where the peas will be planted only in spring, it does not matter, you can fertilize the soil with mineral or organic mixtures a week before sowing.

In order for peas to grow better on loamy or sandy soils, add humus at the rate of 5 kg per 1 square meter before loosening the beds. For the same purpose, you can use pre-prepared compost.

How to choose and plant peas in the Leningrad region?

In temperate climates, almost any variety of peas can be grown, but it is best to choose one or more of the following:

• Henry;
• Sugar Brain;
• Maisky 13.

They are the most unpretentious and give a tasty harvest.

When to sow peas in the Leningrad region? To harvest faster, you can use pea seedlings - in mid-April, distribute the seeds in peat cups and plant them in the ground a month later.

There should be at least 10 cm between neighboring plants, and at least 25 cm between rows.This is necessary not only so that there is enough space for seedlings of peas, but also to simplify harvesting, otherwise many pods under the thickness of greenery may go unnoticed.

Planting Secrets

How to plant peas outdoors? Follow these guidelines to get the most of your crop:

1. It is better to break the beds on a hill.
2. It is better to sow peas not in separate holes, but in deep (up to 9 cm) grooves. They are pre-filled with compost and ash, leaving a depth of 3 cm for the seeds themselves.
3. There should be about 10 cm of free space between individual plants.
4. To prevent birds from pecking out the sown grains, you need to compact the grooves and water them abundantly.
5. Before the seeds sprout, it is advisable to cover the bed with foil.

In the temperate continental climate of Ukraine, peas grow quickly, so you can choose any day for planting from late spring to mid-summer.

To save space on the site, large gaps between rows of peas can be sown with radishes or lettuce.

Pea care

Planting peas with seeds in open ground is a simple matter, it is much more important to keep the garden bed until the harvest appears. However, peas do not belong to "capricious" crops, therefore, even if you simply sow them in the spring and water them in hot weather, the harvest will not keep you waiting. However, if you want to have enough canned peas for the whole winter, it is better to take care of the care more responsibly.

As soon as the first shoots look out of the ground, the birds will not mind eating them. Therefore, the garden bed must be covered with something. If transparency is not available, a simple fishing net will do.

Although peas are considered a light-loving plant, they do not tolerate heat very well. Therefore, on hot days it is necessary to provide him with abundant watering - at least 8 liters of water per square meter. So that the water does not go away immediately and wet the roots, loosen the bed immediately after watering. It will not be superfluous to slightly huddle the grown plants and make sure that the earth is loose even between the rows.

To prevent adult peas from spreading on the ground, you can build supports for them: pegs with a metal mesh fixed to them are driven into the ground at a distance of 1 m from each other. The mesh cells should be large enough, about 10 by 10 cm, so the plant will develop more freely. The support should be set up immediately after the shoots appear.

You can pick green peas as soon as the pods begin to swell, or you can wait until they are fully ripe to get seeds for the next year or two.

Let's summarize:

1. Peas can be planted both as seeds and seedlings. When to plant peas outdoors? You can stretch the planting for a rather long period: from mid-April to early July.
2. An elevation protected from the wind, but accessible to the sun, is well suited for landing.
3. Before planting, the garden bed is fertilized with compost and ash or a mixture of mineral fertilizers.
4. After sowing, the area with peas is covered with foil or netting to protect it from birds.
5. Grown plants will need a peg support with a metal mesh.

A simple and reliable way to plant peas - video