Peas
Peas have good nitrogen fixation abilities and can be sown as a nitrogen-fixing crop in an area declared as an EFA.
Generally, peas are not suited for sowing after a main cereal crop as it is too late in the season for them to establish.
- Sowing rate: 40-50 kg/ha
- Sowing time: Sow from mid-July up until 15 September in ACRES
- Frost tolerance: Poor
- Biomass: Good if sown early in the season
- Pests & diseases: Generally not a problem
ACRES details
- A mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sown.
- Pease cover crops must remain in place until after 1 January.
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