The weight of 25 fresh peas is approximately 10.75 g. Fresh peas are green with a light-pink eye and slightly kidney shaped. Pods are straight, approximately 8 inches long and about 8mm in diameter. Pods are green when immature and dark purple at the mature-green stage. There are two to three pods per peduncle and pods are positioned at or above the foliage level. Quickpick has an erect, determinate, non-vining, bush-type plant habit. Origin, Quickpick was developed by Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. Quickpick does not have a tendency to vine as other pinkeyes do. Quickpick is generally more synchronistic in setting pods and produces greater machine harvested yields than “Texas Pinkeye Purple Hull”. It is suitable for either machine or hand harvest. Quickpick is a determinate pinkeye purple hull southern pea developed for the fresh market. Like MSPL, MSSL is resistant to all three races of Fusarium Wilt and the four out of five types of root-knot nematodes common in the U.S. They are large, light green to cream in color at green shell maturity, and flattened or crowded on the ends. The green peas of MSSL are typical of the brown crowder group. The pods open easily making it a very popular pea. The green pods are smooth, silvery color occasionally touched with streaks or spots of light rose. The green shell maturity was reached in about 64 days. The crop of MSSL is set early and is concentrated over the top of the row slightly above the vines. The vine on the MSSL is similar to the MSPL. It was originally planned as a disease-resistant replacement for the Silverskin Crowders on the fresh market. This pea has beautiful silvery – colored pods at the green mature stage. Example: ' Big Boy Purplehull', ' CT Pinkeye Purplehull', ' Coronet', ' Early Scarlet', ' Knuckle Purple', ' Mississippi Purple', ' Pinkeye Purple Hull BVR' and ' Quickpick Pinkeye'.įor more information, click here for a PDF document on growing Southern Peas.Mississippi Silver, MSSL, was released by the Mississippi Agri. Purplehull (Purple Hull) peas - The pods in this group are either completely purple or exhibit some purple coloring at the tips. Example: ' Black Crowder', ' Mississippi Silver', and ' Colossus'.įield peas - Vigorous, vine-type plants with smaller seeds. Examples: ' Lady', ' Sadandy', ' Cream 8', ' Texas Cream 40', ' White Acre' and ' Zipper Cream'.Ĭrowder peas - The seeds are crowded into the pods and typically starchy. Examples: ' Early Scarlet' and ' Six Week Browneye'.Ĭream or Conch peas - Generally small plants with light colored peas. Examples: ' California Blackeye #5' and ' California Blackeye #46'.Ĭolored-eyed peas - The peas in this group have eye colors other than black. These include:īlack-eyed peas - The peas are white or light with dark, black hilums (eyes). There are several types, groups or categories of Southern Peas. Southern peas are self-pollinating with insects, as well as wind, being responsible for moving the pollen to achieve fertilization. As a legume, they have the ability to fix their own nitrogen from the air so planting in too rich of soil or fertilizing can cause the plants to keep growing (running) and with pod production greatly affected. Irrigation is normally not necessary southern peas are renowned for their ability to grow and produce under harsh conditions. Avoid cultivation after the plants begin to bloom. Later the peas will shade out most weeds. Control weeds early in the season with shallow cultivation. Plant four to six seeds per foot, 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches deep in rows twenty to thirty-six inches apart. Therefore in most areas, Southern Peas really should be planted in May or June. Most varieties are ready to harvest at the green pea stage in about sixty days and at the dry stage in seventy five to one hundred days. Southern Peas can be planted from May to August, as soon as the soil has warmed to about 65✯.
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