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Austrian Winter Peas are a great cool-season legume crop for wildlife food plots, cover crops, and winter grazing. Plant Winter Peas with a Clover mix for a perfect Fall/Winter plot.
Product Information
- Application or Use: Pasture, Food Plot, Livestock Grazing, Cattle Forage, Cover Crop, Erosion Control
- Germination Time: 14 - 21 days, under optimal conditions
- Growing Locations: Warm Season, Transition Zone, Cool Season
- Height: 2 - 4 feet
- Sunlight Requirements: 6+ hours
- Advantages: Tried and true variety used primarily for nitrogen fixation and cover crop use.
- When to Plant: Recommended planting time is fall and spring when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees.
Product Details
- Non-GMO
- Cool-season, annual legume
- Native to the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia
- Great nitrogen-fixing capabilities
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Hollow, slender and succulent stems
Product Information
Austrian Winter Peas are a low-growing, viny legume, which have been shown to fix over 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre, per year, under good conditions in Idaho. It has hollow, slender and succulent stems, 2 to 4 feet long. The foliage is pale green, and the flowers are colored, usually purple, pink or reddish. The leaf consists of one to three pairs of leaflets and terminal branched tendrils. Pods are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long with three to five round, dark-colored seeds. Seed color is commonly gray with purple or brown mottles. Seed size is fairly large with test weights of 55 to 60 pounds per bushel.
As the name implies, Austrian Winter Peas have good winter-hardiness and can be successfully grown fall-seeded in the intermountain region valleys. However, during severe winters, when the small pea plants are exposed to long periods of sub-zero weather without snow cover, they may be winter-killed. Austrian Winter Peas can also be grown spring-seeded as a summer annual.
**Austrian Winter Peas are non-GMO**
*Product packaging may appear different than what is pictured.
Plant in the Fall or Spring at a rate of 50 - 70 lbs per acre. This seed needs to be at a rate of 1/4 and prefers a pH of 6.0 - 7.0.
Instructions
When choosing to start a new lawn, remove old vegetation by using a de-thatcher, power rake or tiller to kill the existing vegetation. Rake or drag the area to remove debris and dead grass for a clean area. Ensure the soil is leveled and loosened to allow the seed to have good soil contact once spread on a clean seed bed.
If you have an area with heavy weed coverage, we recommend starting fresh by killing and removing the existing vegetation. If you choose to use chemicals, herbicides or fertilizers, you must check with the product's manufacturer prior to planting new seed to ensure the proper waiting period.
When overseeding an existing area, mow your lawn at the lowest setting and bag the clippingsx. Rake or drag any areas that have dead thatch or debris.