Planting of peas in spring. Time of planting peas in spring

Peas are among the vegetables of open ground and are grown in our country almost everywhere. The plant is absolutely not exacting to the composition of the soil, and refers to the cold-resistant. Grow it for the sake of obtaining delicious beans or juicy spatulas. In addition, peas are an excellent precursor culture for many other garden plants. Further in the article, in all details, we will deal with the technology of such an operation as planting peas in spring (timing, seed arrangement, ways of preparing beds, etc.).

Varieties

Of course, in order to get a good harvest of this crop, you should know about some of its features. There are only two main peas:

1. Luschily. This vegetable culture is grown to produce seeds (mostly green).
2. Sugar. This variety is grown to produce juicy scapula. Such peas can be seen less often in the kitchen gardens of our country.

The technology of cultivation of both varieties is similar. The only difference is in the way of planting.

How to choose the right place

Planting of peas in the spring should be done correctly. First of all, you need to choose a suitable place for this culture. It must be, firstly, well lit by the sun, and secondly, it is protected from the wind. Plants planted in the shade, much worse bloom and bear fruit. In addition, in this case, the taste qualities of seeds and scapula are also deteriorating.

Grow this vegetable in the same place can be done at intervals not more than once in 4 years. Very often it is planted on a potato field (just like some other beans). Planting in the spring together with peas or, for example, beans, allows to rid this culture of wireworm. This method of growing two crops simultaneously has both its supporters and opponents. In any case, peas do not constitute special competition for potato roots. When planting in this way, its seeds are simply thrown into the wells together with the tubers.

Correct planting of peas in spring: soil preparation

With regard to soil nutrition, this culture is not very demanding. However, the soil must still be quite loose. Does not like peas sour soils. Such a land before its planting must necessarily be proclaimed. During the growth of peas, organic fertilizers do not contribute to it. This leads to a sharp increase in the growth rate of green mass. The number of flowers on the plants is decreasing. Therefore, to plant peas should be there, where before the culture grew, for which a lot of organic materials were introduced.

You can also simply prepare beds for peas from autumn. In this case, the ground is dug up and fertilized with the overgrown manure or garden compost (0.5 buckets per 1 sq. M.). It is also desirable to make a complex mineral fertilizer in the garden. Dug a bed to the depth of the bayonet with a shovel.

Seed preparation

It is desirable to pre-sort the planting material . To do this, the beans are immersed in a 3% solution of table salt (30 g per liter). Surfaced peas are removed, and the remaining on the bottom are washed and dried. Planting of peas in spring is usually done by soaked seeds. You can use and dry. But in the case of soaking, they will germinate, and, consequently, they will yield crops, plants earlier. Seed preparation can be done in two ways:

1. Soaking on a saucer. It is applied seeds and poured them with warm water in such a way that they are completely covered. Soaking in this case about 6-10 hours. The water in the saucer must be changed every 2 hours. It is impossible to withhold planting material in water. If the seeds go bubbles - then the sprouts in a part of them died. The easiest way to soak seeds in the evening - at night. Then in the morning they can already be planted.
2. Warming in a thermos. It pours water at a temperature of about 45 degrees. Then the seeds are covered with seeds. Warm them up this way for 3 hours. During this time they will have time to swell, soaked in water.

The planting material so treated usually rises 2-3 days earlier.

Recently, soaking of seeds with the use of special preparations containing bioactive substances has become very popular. It can be, for example, "Epin" or "Humate".

Dates of planting peas

Dig and straighten a bed for this culture should be immediately after the meltwater come off. The time of planting peas in the spring is from the end of April to the beginning of May. But in any case the soil must be pre-warmed in the sun. Therefore, the bed is also covered with a film. In a cold and humid soil, seeds can simply rot. The air temperature during landing can be quite low, but it is necessarily positive.

Frost is not afraid of peas. Absolutely without harm to yourself this culture can tolerate a short-term drop in temperature to -6 degrees. In order to get the opportunity to harvest the whole summer, peas are planted in several stages. In this case, the time for planting peas in spring can be prolonged until the end of May.

Landing scheme

So, the bed is dug up and leveled. Now you can start planting peas. The arrangement of seeds depends on the variety of this plant. Most often, planting is carried out in two lines. In this case, the distance between rows is 20 cm. Between the lines leave 50 cm for cracking varieties and 40 cm for sugar. The necessary distance between the plants in the row for all varieties is usually 4-5 cm.

The depth of seeding pea seeds in the soil depends on the degree of looseness of the soil. On light soils, it is usually 5-6 cm, heavy, dense - 3-4 cm. In any case, less than 3 cm deepen the seeds of peas is not recommended. Otherwise, they can simply peck birds.

Another way

Planting of peas in the spring, the terms of which were considered above, can be produced and by several other technologies. The method is generally used for growing tall varieties. In this case, plant beds are placed in the bed, and for them it is necessary to leave a little space. Dwarf varieties are planted a little differently. It allows you to use the garden area as rationally as possible. Low-growth varieties of peas are planted in small blocks. The distance between the latter in this case is usually not more than 13 cm. The seeds are deepened into the earth by about 5 cm.

Landing technology

In a dug and leveled rake bed under the pea, make grooves of appropriate depth and at the required distance. Pre-them watered, and then lay out the bottom of the seeds. Planting of peas in the spring on poor soils can be carried out with simultaneous additional feeding. In this case, granular complex mineral fertilizer is preliminarily laid out on the bottom of each groove. Sprinkling the planting material from above, the soil is slightly compacted.

What sorts of peas are worth using

To get a good harvest of this crop, you should know not only how to plant the seeds, but also about which ones to choose. The most popular varieties of peas are:

• Delikata. This chick pea grows very high and plentifully fructifies.
• Sugar Ann. A variety that gives very juicy sweet pods.
• Waverex. Low-grown and very fragrant peas.
• Feltham First. The main advantage of this variety is endurance.
• Early Onward. A high grade, yielding very good yields.

Rules of crop rotation

So, we with you have found out, what technology of performance of such operation, as planting of peas in the spring. The predecessors of peas (because it is undesirable to feed it during growth) should be well fertilized during the summer. A lot of overgrown manure and compost is usually applied to tomatoes. Therefore, it is very good to plant peas in the place of this culture. Pumpkin and potato are also good precursors for this plant.

How to care

Planting peas in the spring (photos confirm this) - the procedure is quite simple. With regard to care, the plant is also not too demanding. The only thing that does not tolerate peas is drought and heat. Therefore, water it in summer should be abundant. One square meter of planting should spend about 9-10 liters of water. Pour peas also should not be, otherwise stems will start to rot at the ground. Therefore, in rainy weather, water this plant is optional. As supports under the stems, pegs with tightened cords are usually used. Peas will cling to them with antennae and grow better. After each watering the ground under the plants should be loosened.

In the event that beds when performing such a procedure as planting peas in the spring, was prepared correctly, it is not necessary to feed plants during the summer. If desired, you can pour peas with a solution of Mullein (1x10) at the very beginning of flowering and during mass formation of beans.