To plant green peas, all you need are the seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and labor. When green peas are due for harvest, harvest them promptly on time because if left in the field, the chances of being affected by rust become higher.
Green peas agronomy
After harvesting green peas but before establishing the next crop, dig the crop residues into the soil because these are known to be the source of inoculum for pests and diseases.
After preparing the land, make small trenches in the filed in which to plant the seed.
1 acre roughly needs 20kg of seed and 1 50kg sac of fertilizer.
After that, you need to spray with pesticides to prevent pests from affecting the peas.
weed the garden as you continue spraying with pesticides.
At flowering, apply potassium rich foliar fertilizer and calcium rich fertilizer at fruiting.
On average it takes 3 months from planting to harvest.
The greatest challenge in green peas growing is leaf rust caused by fungi and this needs to be controlled using fungicides.
Factors for success
The secret to success in farming is having good seed. Even if you have good resources like fertilizer but with bad seed then you are bound to fail.
Crop rotation is important to prevent build up of pests and diseases.
