Botanical Interests Soil Builder Peas and Oats Cover Crop Seeds
- Oats quickly improves the soil
- While helping suppress weeds
- Perfect for conditioning areas
- Oats grow heartily in the cool weather
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This hardworking combination of field peas and oats quickly improves the soil with nutrients and organic material, while helping suppress weeds. The mix is also perfect for conditioning areas being turned into gardens, such as lawns and vacant lots. Pea plants fix nitrogen and condition the topsoil, while the flowers and bees and other beneficial insects. Oats hold nitrogen, provide organic material and suppress weeds. When sown in the fall, peas and oats grow heartily in the cool weather but are killed by the cold temperatures of winter (USDA zones 7 and colder) and won't regrow in the spring. The dead plant material provides a wonderful winter mulch that helps prevent soil erosion and is ready to be tilled into the garden as soon as soil can be worked in the spring.
VarietyField peas are climbing vines. Oats produce tall grass-like plants. The peas and oats in this mix are best used as a cover crop and are not good as edible varieties.
- Days To Maturity: 50-70 Days
- Family: Peas: Fabaceae; Oats: Poaceae
- Native: Peas: Africa, Asia, Europe. Oats: Unknown
- Hardiness: Frost-Tolerant Annuals
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Plant Dimensions: Peas: 3'-5' Vines Oats: 4' Tall
- Attributes: Frost Tolerant
When To Sow Outside
Spring: As soon as soil can be worked and soil temperature is at least 40°F. Fall: 6 to 8 weeks before first fall frost date and when temperatures are below 80°F. Mild Climates: Sow in fall or winter for growth during the cool season.
When To Start InsideNot applicable.
- Days To Emerge: 7-14 Days
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: Scatter Seeds About 3" Apart
- Thinning: Not Required
Harvesting
To harvest pea shoots for eating, snip off the top growth including a set of leaves after plants reach 6"-8" tall. Plants will continue to grow and branch out. The thin, stringy tendrils can be harvested as desired.
Specifications- Type: Organic Heirloom Large Packet
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