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Tips on when to plant peas when vegetable gardening at home. Design Your Own Vegetable Garden Layout Using our Free "Vegetable Garden Planner" Software! Peas are one of the earliest vegetables to be planted in the garden. How can you tell when it is time to plant peas? Planting peas at the right time can be tricky, as if the soil is too cold or wet at planting time, the seeds can rot, get a fungus, or grow very slowly if they sprout at all. When planted in warmer soil, the seed germination and plant growth are much faster. But if you wait too long for the soil to warm, the heat of summer will ruin the plants at the peak of their production! Download Free Garden Planning Worksheets, Garden Diary, Zone Chart, Or Planting Guide The best method for planting peas is to plant seeds directly in the garden soil. Peas are cool season vegetables and best planted in early spring in the North and during the fall in milder or warmer climate regions. Pea plants or vines grow and produce be...

Planting ideas With poor soils it is recommended to prepare planting holes for each plant by adding composted manure, composed leaves, peat moss, pine bark fines or other compost into the planting hole. When planting gently remove the plant from its container, keeping the root ball intact. Then carefully loosen the roots in the potting soil and around bottom and edges of root ball so the roots are free to grow out into the surrounding soil. Planting Methods Shovel Bulb planter Auger (a power auger making a 12 to 14 inch hole that can be filled with compost or other material can help where the soil is poor.) Tree planter (on the right:tree planter in action) Of these methods the tree planter has been shown to be the fastest and easiest in soil with good drainage. Good drainage is essential so the drainage of the soil needs to be checked before planting. Poor drainage is one of the primary problems when growing plants. In soil with poor drainage raised beds should be used. Raised bed m...