Pea pods begin swelling on the vines in mid to late spring. These crisp, cool weather morsels produce a crop for just a few weeks while the nights are still cool. Once the warm summer nights arrive, pea pods fade away and stop producing.
When they fade, cut their vines off at soil level and leave the roots in the ground; their roots "fix" nitrogen in the soil, enriching it. To help this along, sprinkle a pea "innoculent" (actually a bacteria) on the seeds when you plant them, and the
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