Extending the garden pea season with heat tolerant varieties and timing for off-season harvest.
How to grow off-season summer peas and what varieties tolerate heat?
DDevendra Tomar8mo ago · 290 views
4 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓8mo ago
Peas are a cool season crop that flowers and fills pods best in mild temperatures, so true summer peas in the plains are difficult and pod set drops sharply once it turns hot. The practical off-season strategies are early sowing of early maturing varieties to catch the late cool window, or growing peas in cooler hill areas in summer for the plains market. Choose early, powdery mildew tolerant varieties for a quick crop, keep moisture even, and pick pods promptly. Trying to grow main season peas in real summer heat usually gives poor flowering and small pods. Confirm heat tolerant variety options and the best sowing window for your district with your KVK.
YYashpal Singh8mo ago
In Meerut I push my pea sowing early with an early variety to beat the heat, and it works most years. Main season peas sown late here just flower and the pods stay small.
RRakesh Tomar7mo ago
I push my pea sowing a bit early with an early variety to get pods before the heat. Late sown peas here just flower and drop once temperatures rise.
SSatpal Tomar7mo ago
A tip: pick a powdery mildew tolerant early variety for the off window. My quick crop avoided the worst mildew and I got pods before the temperature shot up.