1. Best Sowing Time:

Winter.

2. Soil Temprature:

Optimal soil temperature: 8-25°C (40-75°F). Seeds should germinate in 8-15 days.

3. Steps for Seed Sowing Method:

• Take a container of your choice with drainage holes at the bottom.
• Fill the container with proper potting layers & selected growing medium.
• Sow 2 seeds at the centre of the pot.
Spacing:
• On raised beds, sow two seeds per spot in a spacing of 1 x 1 ft.
• Push the seeds a little in the soil medium with your fingers & completely cover them with surrounding soil.
• Water the sown seed bed immediately by a light shower using a watering can.

4. Growth Steps of Green Peas Plants

• Sprouting Stage: Seeds will germinate within first 6-8 days & tiny sprouts will be visible.
• Cotyledons: The first two leaves will emerge in the second week of germination. These are false leaves called as cotyledons.
• First leaves: First leaves will emerge above cotyledons at the end of the second week.
• Seedling stage: Second week onwards, seedlings will start growing into a small plant.
• Thinning: After the second week, keep only single seedling at one spot, cut off the weak, small & lagging seedlings with a pair of scissors.

5. How to Take Care For Green Peas Plants

• Sunlight: Green Peas plant requires full sunlight. Therefore your raised bed should be made at a bright sunny spot. Keep the Green Peas container under open sunlight.
• Watering: Water your potted Green Peas plant every alternate day in winter & every day in summer. Water at the soil near the plant. Use a watering can to make sure that the plants get water in the form of a shower & not by a single flow. You can also make provision for watering by watering by drip irrigation system for your raised beds.
• Trellis: Green peas plant is an aggressive climber & needs plenty of space to grow. So develop a strong trellis support up to height of 5-6 ft, by using locally available material like pipes, bamboo, ropes, wires etc. for your green pea plant.
• Manuring: As mentioned earlier, add good quality organic manure in the soil with 2:1 ratio before sowing seeds. Organic fertilizer can be well rotten cow dung manure, farmyard manure, compost or vermicompost.
• Top Dressing: When your Green Peas plant is more than 45 days old, provide one tablespoon of 15:15:15 (NPK) fertilizer per plant or mix handful of Vermicompost in the soil around each plant.
• Harvesting: (90 to 100 days from sowing). Green peas climber will start flowering at the end of third month. You can start harvesting fresh green pea pods after 3 months on seed sowing. Harvesting season can continue till cool climate persists.