How to grow peas

Pea is a kind of legume food with nutritional value, which contains more copper and chromium. Peas have a good effect on hematopoiesis as well as the development of bones and brain. Chromium can promote the metabolism of sugar and fat. So how do you grow peas? let's give you a brief introduction on how to grow peas.

1. Land selection and preparation

Pea fields should be flat and easy to drain. The soil should be rich in nutrients, sandy loam or clay, and the PH value is slightly sour or neutral. The land should be ploughed to one side before sowing to ensure the permeability and drainage of the soil. And the land has not planted legume crops within a year, otherwise it is easy to cause diseases, the land should be fully fertilized, and the amount of base fertilizer depends on the situation.

2. Seed selection and sowing

Pea seeds should choose disease-free seeds or disinfect the seeds before sowing and sow them after air-drying, in order to reduce the incidence of disease. Friends in the Yangtze River basin mostly sow seeds in autumn, or they can sow seeds after the Beginning of Spring, mainly to avoid the high temperature and rainy season in summer in the south, to avoid situations that are difficult to control, and in South China, sowing seeds before and after the Beginning of Autumn. Careful care can be harvested in winter or spring.

3. Field management

Weeds should be removed at least 2-3 times from sowing to harvest to promote root growth and absorptive capacity and reduce the competitive pressure on roots. If there is no high temperature and little rain before emergence, it should be irrigated in time to promote the speed of seed germination and emergence. After emergence, the soil moisture should not be too high. Prevent stagnant water and rot the roots. However, if you encounter rainy weather, continuous rain, but also to timely discharge of water, to maintain moderate soil moisture, to prevent too wet and dry, causing flowers and fruits to fall.

4. Disease control

The main diseases of pea are powdery mildew and downy mildew, and the seeds can be disinfected with chemicals before sowing. After sowing, carbendazim and metalaxyl can be sprayed for control. If a diseased plant occurs, it should be pulled out and burned together with other diseased remains immediately, reduce the source of infection and bacteria, pay attention to the sanitary and wet temperature in the garden, and pull out weeds in time. Improper control of temperature and humidity is also one of the important reasons affecting the growth of bacteria.

5. Timely harvest

Because the growing season of peas is different from the way they are planted, there is a big difference in the number of days harvested. For example, when planting in summer, the growth rate of pea pods is faster because of the high temperature, and it only takes about half a month from sowing to maturity. But when planting in winter, the temperature is low, and it may take about a month from flowering to harvest. So we have to harvest according to your actual use of peas, for example, if you want to pick edible peas, the pods of peas have been bulged, and the fruit is felt to be bigger with your hands, so it can be harvested at this time.

In fact, pea cultivation is relatively simple, the countryside is one of the most common crops, the longest time from sowing to maturity is only about one and a half months. In the process of planting, it is necessary to pay attention to the disease and insect pests, the biggest headache of all crops, and find that there is a disease that needs to be dealt with immediately. Otherwise, it may affect the output.