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Grow Peas, Please!

Thanks to the University of Maryland/Maryland Grows this informative article on why you should grow peas.

Young pea plants in a box.
Peas growing at the Derwood Demo Garden in 2015 in a very appropriate container! (We must have cut out the bottom since you need a soil depth of more like 8-10 inches to grow peas.)

Grow Peas

Spring is the time to plant peas! We are nearing the end of our pea-planting window, so if you want to grow them this year, get them in the ground soon. Sowing peas is very weather- and temperature-dependent. There’s a tradition of planting them on St. Patrick’s Day, which is not a bad guide, but obviously, if there’s snow on the ground that day, or it’s pouring rain or freezing cold, you might want to hold off.

Peas are very hardy, and since we’ve had a recent trend of warm...

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