When to plant southern pea

Southern Pea (warm-season vegetable) is classed tender in the cited extension guidance. The timing rules below are relative to your local freeze dates — enter a location to turn them into calendar dates.

The rules this site applies
MethodFrost-relative windowRule & reconciliation
Direct-sow outdoorsfrom the median last spring freeze to 2 weeks afterMaryland Extension says to wait until all danger of frost is passed, Alabama Extension says to plant after any danger of frost has passed, and Texas A&M's crop guide lists the optimum time as soil above 65°F with danger of frost over; all three agree on the last-frost date, so the point rule opens the window at the anchor and runs 14 days.
Fall planting75–65 days before the median first fall freezeArkansas Extension gives an explicit frost-anchored fall range — plant about 65 to 75 days prior to the average frost date — which encodes directly as 75 to 65 days before the first fall freeze; it is the only source in this set that states fall timing relative to frost rather than by calendar month.

Variety assumption: Assumes a standard 60–70 day bush or semi-vining southern pea; the fall window is Arkansas' allowance for the crop to set and fill pods before the first freeze.

Crop rule sources (4)
Reviewed city pages for southern pea
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