FREE: Black Eyed Pea Seeds, 15+

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Offer is for 15+ Black Eyed Pea seeds. Harvest can begin with young leaves. Tender foliage is a good salad green, or if a bit more mature it can be cooked like spinach. Leaves should be harvested lightly because they give the plant energy for pod production. Between 60-70 days, green pods are useful for fresh eating, like snap beans, when they have just “plumped up.” At this stage the pods are edible, or they can be shelled and the tender young peas eaten like edamame. These young peas can be blanched and frozen for long term storage.

The mature pods can be harvested for dry storage when they have turned brown and dried (the peas will rattle inside the pod), but before they have split open. After shelling, let them dry thoroughly, then store in air-tight containers in a cool, dry location. To shell the peas, simply open the pods lengthwise and push the peas out with your thumb. If you grow lots of them, an electric or hand-crank pea sheller may be a good investment. The emptied hulls are a good addition to the compost pile.

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