What it needs & gives back
↓ Needs
↑ Gives back
Companions
Tomato
Peas can provide nitrogen to tomatoes, benefiting their growth.
Cabbage
Peas can provide nitrogen to brassicas, which are heavy feeders.
Carrot
Peas and carrots grow well together, with peas providing nitrogen and carrots benefiting from improved soil.
Turnip
Peas can provide nitrogen to the soil, benefiting turnips.
Parsnip
Peas provide nitrogen, beneficial for parsnips.
Keep apart from
Through the year
Emergence
Seeds germinate and emerge when soil temperatures are consistently above 40C.
Flowering
Flowering typically begins about 45 days after emergence and can last for a month.
Fruiting
Pods begin to form and mature approximately 15 days after flowering.
Harvest
Harvesting of peas can begin about 15 days after fruiting starts and continues for several weeks.
Senescence
Plants begin to senesce and die back as temperatures consistently exceed 300C, or after fruiting is complete.
Timing is relative to your local season (temperate Northern Hemisphere).