Learning to plant peas correctly on your site or at home

The green pods, densely packed with juicy and sweet peas, are always eye-catching and appetite-provoking. Knowing how to plant peas, you can enjoy your favorite treat since childhood, plucked straight from the beds. Even the lack of a land plot will not be a problem. The culture is able to grow and bear fruit at home: on a windowsill, a glazed loggia or balcony. The technology of its cultivation is quite simple, but it is still necessary to provide some conditions for its bushes.

Soil and lighting

Peas are an unpretentious plant. Due to the minimum crop quality requirements, structure and type of soil, it can be successfully cultivated in almost any garden. Only soils with a high level of acidity and those that contain a lot of salts are contraindicated for peas. It is sown in such land only after preliminary liming. The correct technology for growing a crop, leading to its high yield, provides for compliance with crop rotation.

Peas develop well in the plots where last season were placed:

• cucumbers;
• tomatoes;
• pumpkins;
• cabbage;
• potatoes;
• perennial cereals or forage grasses.

The worst predecessors for him will be plants from the legume family. From the moment of their harvesting, 4 years should pass, only then it will be possible to sow peas on this place.

Fertile loose soils of loamy or sandy loam type are preferred for culture. But even in not very nutritious soil, growing peas will bear fruit if you put a little effort and prepare it for planting. This is done during the autumn digging, before which superphosphate is scattered over the site. By the time sowing begins, the fertilizer has been distributed in the soil and decomposed into compounds that will be easily absorbed by the pea roots.

It is permissible to postpone the preparation of the site and in the spring. But in this case, it is better to enrich the soil with organic compounds:

• humus;
• rotted manure;
• mullein;
• infusion of bird droppings.

Advice

It is not necessary to bring fresh manure to the beds in the spring. It is rich in urea, and with an excess of nitrogen in the soil, pea bushes will be powerful and densely leafy, but few flowers and ovaries will form on them.

Experienced gardeners advise in the spring, during sowing, to fertilize the beds with mineral preparations, which include trace elements: copper, boron, molybdenum. You can also soak peas in their solution before placing them in the soil. The roots of the plant are powerful, their length reaches 1 m. Therefore, when cultivating a culture on the balcony, planting is correctly carried out in deep pots. If the groundwater is close to the surface of the site, growing peas on it will be difficult. We'll have to build high ridges for him.

For plantings to bring a good harvest, they need a lot of light. In dense shade, both on the street and on the balcony, the peas will wither, so it is better to choose the sunniest place for it. The beds can be made separate or mixed. In the first case, it will be more convenient to place them along the garden paths. This will make harvesting easier. When organizing mixed beds, it is important to remember that peas should not be planted next to other legumes, as well as with onions, cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes. Many summer residents prefer to sow it near the walls of various buildings or fences. With this method of placing the peas, there will be no need to worry about the supports.

Sowing time

The timing of planting crops in open ground depends on the climate of the area and on when it is planned to harvest. The earliest sowing is carried out in the second half of April. By this time, in most regions, the snow has already melted, and the earth dries up and warms up.Pea seedlings are not afraid of cold weather. They can easily tolerate spring frosts if the temperature does not drop below -6 ° C. To ripen the pea pods in June or early July, the seeds are sown again after 15-20 days. And if you carry out the third planting in the last days of May, you can feast on juicy fruits in the middle of summer.

Advice

The ideal timing for planting a crop will help identify daffodils. If they are blooming, the time has come.

In the spring, it is better not to be late with planting seeds. If the ground dries up, it will be difficult for seedlings to break through it, they will be weak and uneven. Summer planting of peas is also practiced. It is carried out in June, and if you choose an early ripe variety, then the sowing time will last until July 10.

It is advisable to germinate the seeds before placing them in the ground. They are placed in a cloth, and the resulting bundle is placed in water. After a couple of hours, they take it out and leave the peas to peck. They need 3 to 5 days for this. As it dries, the fabric is moistened. Some gardeners prefer to soak their seeds with room temperature water. It should cover them completely. Planting material is kept in liquid for 12-18 hours. The water is often changed (every 2-3 hours). There is a faster and less laborious way to prepare seeds - to soak the peas in a solution of a special preparation that stimulates the growth of seedlings. It is enough to hold them in it for 2-3 hours.

Dry planting material is also used. But the result will be better if you prepare it first. The technology is very simple. Only two components are needed for seed treatment:

• boric acid;
• water heated to 40 ° C.

The peas are dipped into the prepared solution and kept in it for 5 minutes. This procedure is a good prophylaxis against the root weevil, whose larvae often damage delicate seedlings in spring. If the seeds did not germinate, they need to be planted in moist soil. Then young shoots will appear from the soil in a week. Dried earth will need to be thoroughly moistened.

Landing features

The sowing pattern depends on whether the peas are planted in rows or along fences. In the first case, the seeds are laid out with an interval of 5-7 cm. The optimal row spacing is 15-20 cm. If the peas grow near the fence, it is better to plant them in 2 rows. 10-12 cm of free space is left between them. The seeds are placed in the ground at a distance of 5 cm from each other. The planting depth should not be great; it is enough to cover the peas with a 2–2.5 cm layer of soil.

Sowing is completed by mulching the beds. A layer of compost or dry foliage will protect the seedlings that have not yet matured from pests and retain moisture in the soil for seed germination. Supports for pea bushes are best installed in the spring. Its lashes develop quickly, and if they have nothing to cling to, the plantings will turn into a solid carpet that cannot be untangled without damaging the shoots, or they will entwine neighboring plants. They don't need too high supports, meter ones are enough.

Advice

If the peas grow at home, on the balcony, a mesh with large cells will provide support for it. It must be hung over the seedlings when they reach a height of 15-20 cm.

You can grow peas on the insulated balcony all year round. They plant it not only for the sake of the fruit. The tops of young plants are rich in vitamins and are added to salads. To obtain it, it is better to purchase seeds of low-growing varieties of culture, their greens are more juicy. Sow them on the balcony little by little, with an interval of 4-5 days. Thanks to this planting, fresh herbs will be constantly in the diet. There is one more secret. When the main stem of the bush growing on the balcony coarsens, it is shortened, and the leaves are completely cut off. After a while, young and juicy shoots will appear on it.

Fundamentals of agricultural technology

Growing peas in the country is a fascinating and not at all complicated process. After landing, you need to take minimal care of him:

• weed;
• watering;
• loosen;
• protect from pests.

Young pea shoots are a treat for birds.You can protect the planting from ruin by them if you cover the beds with a fishing net. Peas do not like heat. If the summer is dry, the plantings will have to be moistened often and abundantly. It is correct to spend 9-10 liters of water on 1 m² of the surface of the garden. Simultaneously with watering, fertilizing is carried out, diluting 1 tbsp in the specified volume of liquid. l. nitroammophos... After moistening the planting, the soil is mulched.

The looseness of the soil determines how much the crop will bring peas. Its roots love to breathe. It is especially important to get a constant supply of oxygen for young plants. The soil under them is periodically loosened, preventing the formation of a crust, and the bushes can also be hilled. In dense soil, their growth and development slow down. When growing peas on the balcony, loosening is also indispensable. It will be correct to carry them out after each watering.

On any site, peas, planting and caring for which will allow you to harvest a useful crop, will have to be in place. It is unpretentious and grows quickly. While other vegetable crops are just forming ovaries, its ripe pods are already delighting both adults and children with their sweet seeds. After peas, you can plant any plants; on nitrogen-rich soil, they will be powerful and bear many fruits.

The technology of its cultivation has been known to mankind since ancient times. They will benefit from planting even when the last pods are collected from them. Having cut the tops of peas, they send it to compost, and the roots extracted from the ground are finely chopped and buried. This is how a natural and effective fertilizer is obtained, which also improves the structure of the soil.