garden pea seed Winter Hardy Field Pea Cover Crop Seed

garden pea seed Winter Hardy Field Pea Cover Crop SeedWinter Hardy Field Pea, sometimes referred to as Austrian Winter Peas, are the answer to your winter soil cover needs! All the benefits of a perennial crop, without the difficulty of terminating it. Seed 2 weeks before your first frost date for best results. Even small plants can keep soil in place and overwinter to start putting on growth as soon as the soil can be worked. This gives the Austrian Winter Pea cover crop 2 4 weeks in advance on a spring

Winter Hardy Field Pea, sometimes referred to as Austrian Winter Peas, are the answer to your winter soil cover needs! All the benefits of a perennial crop, without the difficulty of terminating it. Seed 2 weeks before your first frost date for best results. Even small plants can keep soil in place and overwinter to start putting on growth as soon as the soil can be worked. This gives the Austrian Winter Pea cover crop 2-4 weeks in advance on a spring Field Pea crop, which allows you to plant sooner! Austrian winter peas are also quite tasty and can be "gleaned" from in the early spring when there are no other greens in the garden.

Sow by early fall for plants that will over winter and put on lush growth in early spring. Seed a nurse crop such as oats for better winter survival.

Garden Pack: 1/2 pound, sows roughly 75 square feet

Homestead Pack: 1 pound, sows roughly 125-200 square feet

Farm Pack: 5 pounds, sows roughly 1,000 square feet

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