Southern peas
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PE-PH southern peas and Big Boy southern peas
Comments (10)Big Boy is in the same category as pinkeyes. Bigger pea than the pinkeye/purple hull and a little longer season. Most folks who like pinkeyes ( there are several cultivars with slightly different texture and flavor) will like Big Boys. Folks whose taste run to the stronger flavored brown crowder types usually don't. Pinkeye yields are comparable to Big Boys, both kick out a lot of peas. Big Boy Quick Pick (one of the Pink Eye/Purple Hull cultivars...See MoreAre Pigeon peas anything like Southern peas in taste?
Comments (18)Thank you all for your responses and Chaman for your pictures. Pigeon peas certainly don't look anything like Southern peas, so far as I can see. My area's markets sell only black-eyed peas, either dried, canned, or frozen. As taste goes, I don't think pigeon peas are substitutes for southern peas, not even close. But possibly, there are numerous varieties of pigeon peas, 'cause mine tasted nothing like peanuts. It's rare that I dish a dish, but this one made a nutritional contribution to the compost, and there it worked beautifully....See More'Southern Peas' aka blackeyed peas ...
Comments (4)This last season I grew Penny Rile, a kind of cream pea, originally from KY. It produced beautifully, even in our extreme heat and drought. Sandhill Preservation Center sells the seed. Both mine and Sandhill Preservation's seed came originally from a fellow in KY, named Harold Martin. He related to me, back in 1995, how his family depended heavily on this pea, during the depression. They would plant a big patch of them, pull the vines when they had dry seed on them, and stash them in the barn, to thresh during the winter. I'd highly recommend this variety. George Tahlequah, OK Here is a link that might be useful: Penny Rile Cowpea...See MoreSouthern peas not flowering!
Comments (4)There's a beans/peas/other legumes forum here on Garden Web. I found a 2009 thread on Red Rippers via Google and they did mention that as with most peas(nitrogen fixing) better to lay off the fertilizer because it pushes vine growth rather than flowering and bean production. Go look on Google and you'll find the thread I'm referring to and the specific forum you need....See MoreOkiedawn OK Zone 7
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