Organic Peas
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Product
- Field peas are used as protein concentrates, in the form of silage, pasture, hay, or grain. Some people are drying them and pulverizing them to use as home made fertilizer.
- Grown in a mixture with oats, barley, or triticale they yield tons of silage. The small grain makes the peas stand more erect which makes the crop easier to harvest.
- A mixture of 50 lbs. peas and 2-1/2 bu. of oats can be seeded with clover or alfalfa as a companion crop. The stand reduces weed competition and allows for 1 or 2 alfalfa cuttings following the harvest.
- Harvest is recommended when the field peas are in full blossom just before the small grain heads out. However, due to weather conditions a lot of it gets taken later... when the peas are far enough along to eat and still folks are pleased with the results.
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Organic D.S. Admiral Pea Seed
A new yellow pea with higher yield and improved characteristics for grain and/or forage. They are taller and better standing than either Mozart or Miami, and are rated as easier to combine. They mature at approximately the same time as Mozart and/or Miami but are more uniform at maturity.
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Organic Australian Winter Peas
- Fall Seeded Cover Crop that can be used for Grazing, hay, and a green manure plowdown.
- Great for deer plots!
- Austrian Winter Peas will make a great food plot or addition to a mixture planted in the fall to attract deer. Highly favored by whitetails, these fast growing peas will attract deer to a plot soon after germination making them a favorite of bow hunters.
- This ground-hugging pea germinates and grows better in cooler soils than most legumes and withstands temperatures to at least 0 degrees F.
- It is a good weed competitor, does well in heavy soils, and fixes 70-125 lbs. of Nitrogen per acre. It matures early, attracting beneficial insects to the growing area at the start of the season. It is a good protein source in forage mixtures.
- In most areas, sow in early to mid-fall on well-drained soil. Blend with small grain to maximize forage potential. Seed at 70-120 lbs./acre.
- Austrian Winter Peas perform poorly under low light conditions so interseeding into corn does not work well.
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Organic Miami Yellow Peas
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Management
- Peas do best in cool, dry conditoons.
- Plant them as early as possible, even before oats if you can, on well drained soil.
- Plant them 1.5 - 2 inches deep. Too shallow and they can dry out and die before or during germination. Peas require more moisture than most seeds to get them started.
- Peas are slow to establish and need to be drilled deep. Using inoculant on ground that hasn't had peas for five years or more.
- Seed at 150 lbs per acre.
- When seeding for forage, seed at 100 lbs per acre.
- When companion planting, plant, Oats or Barley, two weeks later and shallower than the peas.
- If seeded after April, seed all companions at the same time.
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Want large amounts? Call us for pricing and freight
877.213.3828
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DIRT WORKS Links for Organic and Non-GMO Seed
Please include complete delivery address and phone number in your e-mail if you're writing for a shipping quote on large orders of forage and grain seed. If you don't see the variety you want, call. We have a long list of organic seed available that is too numerous to list. The varieties shown in the web site are those I beleive will fit most any requirement, but, I know there are nitch environments and special needs out there.
When ordering seed, plan as far ahead as possible and know as much about the seed you wish to buy before you order it. Each farm has different soil, climates and equipment constraints, and you know best what you need. If you don't, call us and we'll help you make a selection to to the best of our ability. Thanks, John
- Some organic grains are in short supply this year due to a few emerging problems. The biofuels industry is competeing with land otherwise used for planting of food crops.
- Emerging markets in Africa and Asia are putting s strain on supply and crop failures of already scarce crops are a problem too.
- GMO crops are contaminating some farmer's lands and the corporations are tying them up in court preventing them from producing new seed. Download By Clicking Here
- Whenever possible we are substituting non-GMO, untreated conventional seeds on our pages where you would ordinarily find organic seed.
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