THESE PEAS WILL GROW ANYWHERE!

What's the difference between field peas and English peas? What does "purplehull" mean? Join us to find out all about planting, fertilizing, and harvesting field peas.
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[@ClintGrantham]

The pillowcase absolutely works. That's how my Momma has always done it. A cotton pillow case and you just go in there and dip out what ya want.

[@clinthutcheson2640]

Peas, onions, and Lacy cornbread. 🙌

[@areawidecontractorsroofing4851]

My Aunt Lulu put them in a cotton pillow case in the freezer for as long as I can remember and she cooked the best purple hull peas I’ve ever tasted in my life.

[@coleenburris6816]

I knew nothing about cowpeas before today. Thank you for the education!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

👍

[@brittanymcdonaldbarr1106]

Same here. I’ve been looking for a good one and had no clue about a “cow pea.”

[@JolanaStudio]

This is like listening to Frik and Frak for gardening! Wonderful!

[@johnndavis7647]

I helped Granny shell peas til my thumbs were sore. Going to try some zippers next summer.

[@cindyelmore7784]

I plant cream 40 and purple hull every year! In Texas. I plant pick and shell! Nothing better than sitting on the porch shelling peas with a glass of sweet tea!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good stuff

[@wildedibles819]

Ive learned something new about peas thanks:) Living in the cold north im used to English peas so this is all new to me thanks

[@tambrasmith9707]

I love to shell peas and shuck corn ... it makes me think of my grannie

[@timothysmitherman5793]

Nothing better than pink-eyed peas cornbread and pepper sauce during the summer. I'll hurt myself first picking every year.

[@macefamilyhomestead7848]

Sent y’all some New Mexico green chili seeds and some canned green chilies. Hope y’all enjoy them!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks!

[@anniecochrane3359]

Thanks for the bottom tray advice - really helpful.

[@Lulu-ue2lj]

You guys are so awesome. I look forward to this show every week! Thank you!

[@memascabin1186]

OMG my granny planted red ripper peas in the corn because they would run up the corn stalk!!!

[@MichelleLWhitney]

Having lived in Alaska for part of my life, I’ve seen my share of giant pumpkins and cabbages from the Matanuska Valley. Giant pumpkin growing is great, but how about a challenge that urban gardeners with smaller spaces could participate in? Sunflowers worked because they grow tall, not wide, but giant pumpkins are another story lol.

[@rebeccainspiringhope4357]

I always learn so much from your show. Thank you!

[@michelestarkey5564]

Great show! Love your shows for information and the dynamic between you two is funny!!

[@sparky5513]

"clay peas" we always dried them in the hull, put them in a "toe sack" beat the sack with a stick, then winnow them in a strong wind. then store the peas however you like.

[@waynephillips2777]

I think ole Hoss ought to join in on the pumpkin contest! I've tried to grow pumpkins a few times and so far haven't ever raised a pumpkin.

[@michellebogle5428]

i miss y'all together. I haven't watched this show since y'all split. 😢

[@timothygunckel7162]

My favorite member of the cow pea family is the crowder pea

[@kathleensilvan5857]

Thank you so much. I grew up in Massachusettarget. Folks there grew corn and raised dairy cattle. We had a small garden. Cow peas (field peas) were not grown that I know of. I'm Looking forward to trying them.

[@grandmaofthree897]

I am the product of two Arkansas southerners! I grew up in Illinois and live in north central South Dakota. I love okra and green tomatoes…black eyed peas, too. I will try growing field peas in 2023! I was raised right!

[@elliestell2696]

Love those field peas. I hope to grow some this year

[@linmcdon1662]

Appreciate all of the tips you give. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for watching!

[@dougcook9282]

Improved Miss purple Hull and moms Big Boy peas. Great show y’all.

[@edgarbradford]

My grandparents always froze their peas in a pillowcase.

[@MrMatthewJWilliams]

Bless your hearts on the restocking issues. I order something about every other week and I guess I’ve been lucky. I tried to get ahead of it during the winter with the infrastructure stuff and it looks like that was a good idea. I’m trying Mississippi purple hull and zipper cream from you all this year. Great show this week I laughed a lot.

[@RNX001]

Great channel guys. Keep it going.👍

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thank you! 👍

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

Great information I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Our pleasure!

[@jefferybarron929]

Last season, I planted the California Blackeye. I have planted them many times over my lifetime but, I will have to say that they make enormous bushes and will reach out and choke just about everything around them. They found my tomato trellis and wanted to climb it. Wide spacing strongly recommended. Super delicious picked green with about 1/3 snaps, blanch and freeze. Great with bacon fat added, as with just about anything else, always better with bacon fat.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good to know!

[@shondo2010]

Great video.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@G.W.H.]

Thank you!!!!

[@edensgarden1775]

Hello, got my tomatoes seeds planted here in Iowa that I got from you. I'm ready to do a lot of planting. Y'all have the best seeds.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks! We'll be here when you need us.

[@wstepnout7215]

You lads are correct shortages everywhere. Here in Eastern Canada the very dependable seed supplier I use is having the same shortage issues. I put my seed order in on January 26. even then I have 3 items unavailable. In 2020 it took me 8 months to source point of lay pullets. 2021 is the same. Love the Channel, love the videos.

[@LeeCraftyHomestead]

Oh my! you two are just too funny, I like a sweet pea. so many to choose from for the north 6A.

[@waynephillips2777]

My favorite pea variety is Whippersnapper. It's a white pea like a cream 40 but the pod is 12 -14 inches long. They really make a lot of peas.

[@danbradshaw3755]

Is your Whippersnapper pea any thing like a Whipperpoorwill pea? Planted my early crop of Pinkeye Purplehulls yesterday.

[@waynephillips2777]

@@danbradshaw3755 I believe the Whippoorwill is a dark pea. So no it wouldn't be similar.

[@jefferybarron929]

My grandmother use to put hers in a pillow case and she would dip out what she needed... However........ me personally would not use that practice because we have "Frost Free" and it dried out mine when I tried it. I would think that it works better in a freezer that has to be defrosted as apposed to frost free. Frost Free is a real dry cold and that's what causes freezer burn. Love y'all's videos and look forward to every time I get notified. 😁

[@DossFarm]

Just ordered some IV bags off ole eBay!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I had a few laying around I could have sent you. 🤣

[@DossFarm]

@@gardeningwithhoss 😂 Gonna get each one of my pumpkins their own bag!

[@donhill8929]

My mother did put them in pillow cases and freeze them my whole growing up life. My wife and I do that now.

[@dickburns9200]

I know I’m late but my mother used to keep the peas in a pillow case in the freezer. I used to love it during pea season. There was a pot of peas on the stove from noon to evening. It was hard to pass through the kitchen without having a bowl of peas.

[@gregnoname4750]

My grandfather always planted peas during the dark nights of June and he never had an insect problem. Due to it being the dry season, he had to water them some, but he always had a good crop.

[@grandmaatthefarm125]

Lawdy, Lawdy, Miss Claudie, I love y'all!

[@dailrharris9009]

Havent seen Red Rippers in years, never knew they were commercial variety. Headed over to website to order some

[@gardeningwithhoss]

👍

[@debraporter9734]

Y'all are great

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thank you!

[@danaparker2757]

Love field peas! Always put up a freezer full of Dixie Lee’s!

[@baneverything5580]

I plant several types. I have Mississippi Purple Hull, regular store bag Black Eyed (cheap to plant and they grow fine), and I just ordered Red Ripper...for over 8 bucks for 80 seeds, so I will certainly be saving seeds of those and the Purple Hulls, because they were expensive to order. I`m poor, no car, tiny fixed income, living way out in the Louisiana boondocks, so for me this is truly about survival. I have a giant real ham I`m cutting up and saving in small bags to season my peas, green beans, and greens. I just moved here and also planted peas to begin the slow process of building this really bad soil that was ruined by those who lived here before. I invested my savings in this camper, a nice roof, and solar batteries so I can save my freezer food, have power for a tiny air conditioner after storms, and have a non gas power supply for a weedeater and tiller. My batteries and inverter are heavy but can be taken by garden wagon to my sunny Winter garden area 200 yards away. I also keep at least 100 pounds of rice here and between 40 and 50 pounds of dry beans, 20 lbs of grits, dry butter, dry milk, pasta, salt, flour, and plenty of sugar and yeast for wine. I also have indoor gardens to ensure Winter lettuce, peppers, etc.

[@lorrainebarnett8389]

We had a big ole pot of cowpeas for supper tonight with rice and greens. We love them! I think maybe purple hulls are my favorite to grow. I dry them on the vine then shell and store in glass jars. Our favorite dish is Cowpeas Tikka Masala. Yum!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

That sounds delicious!

[@travisrhaley]

Pillow case full of peas works great!

[@ldg2655]

I remember an old gardener, who used to win the county fair prize for the biggest pumpkin. He told me that his secret was that he’d bury a big jar in the soil next to his selected pumpkin and he’d fill that jar with milk every day and put a wick in it which led to a small slit in the stem... So, essentially, a milk-fed pumpkin. Have you ever heard of this?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Have not. But I would have loved to hear him tell that story.

[@wandahughey7606]

Got to comment again! We are delighted you have the Red Ripper Pea seeds! We planted them last spring in our first garden. Delicious & prolific until late fall with nothing but water- no fertilize! Oops! Just heard you say you don't recommend using seeds left from the previous year. I was planning to plant my leftovers in a few weeks. Instead I will be ordering them from you all asap! Thanks for the info. Your recommendations of what to plant last spring when I called as a novice gardener and watching this show caused us to have a successful and enjoyable year of gardening.

[@MartieMc]

I've got a spot in the yard where I dropped some Red Ripper seeds a few years ago and they been coming back a couple years now and dropping more seed. I'm letting it go and see how long this continues. No water, no fertilizer, right up through the grass.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

They can literally grow anywhere!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks Wanda! Here's to a great garden in 2021!

[@paulcase7332]

I vaccum seal my peas unblanched. They last a long time.

[@esmyv2630]

I had an uncle that use to insist on cantaloupe with supper every day and he loved to put salt and pepper on them. It was actually pretty darn good that way and 40 years later I still eat them like that. Now I get some strange looks from people when I eat at a buffet. Lol. But it’s so good it’s with it.

[@ericmercia2972]

Great show guys. Back to potatoes. This is my first year growing potatoes and my plants are doing great. Back in February all I heard was wait until it dries out. Potatoes can rot in wet soil. Well I'm in Guyton GA and we had over two weeks with no rain. My question how often should I water potatoes once the plants are growing and nice and green? Especially if we don't have any rain.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I'll give mine a light overhead splash every other day if they're up and it's dry.

[@ericmercia2972]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the tip!

[@karenzorn773]

Should you use inoculate when Planting snow peas and purple hull peas?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Yes!

[@tambrasmith9707]

We always had crowder peas in east Texas ... black crowders , purple hulls , cream peas

[@jefffoster9458]

Salt on a watermelon brings out the sweetness

[@philipjohnson5366]

I like watermelon without salt provided it has a nice sweet flavor. But so many melons don't have the flavor I'm looking for so I salt them to make them more palatable. You're right, the salt helps add the sweetness and the watermelon flavor, especially if the melon just didn't get finished right.

[@Lafayettelyle]

I love growing. freezing and eating Texas cream 40 and Mississippi purple hulls. But I would not plant any peas if I had not inherited aa Taylor Way pea sheller. It's 50 years old. They are made in Georgia. You might want to feature one on a show or possibly add them to your product line. Thanks for featuring that grits and cornmeal mill with Jimmy red corn.

[@theorangetreehomestead6660]

I love growing peas! They provide a lot of calories and nutrients. The kids take them off the vine before we can even harvest so I want to do a large plot. Have you ever grown Lincoln Peas? We love those.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Never tried those.

[@sherimcneil3079]

Are Lincoln peas English peas?

[@theorangetreehomestead6660]

@@sherimcneil3079 Yes, you can eat them raw or cooked.

[@Vol-n-Bama256]

Love colossus peas .. we blanch them and freeze a ton every year

[@bassmanjr100]

@6:55 :j. Dad’s are funny. Had one, been one. 👍🏻

[@FinznFowl82]

I ordered the rippers to plant around my chicken coop, let them crawl up the fence and provide shade during these hot months.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

good choice

[@markwilliams1904]

Just ordered zipper peas from you Friday. You mention to plant on double rows but how would you plant/space in a 4x12 raised bed?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You could fit two rows in a 4' wide bed.

[@midsouthhomestead7527]

It took weeks to get A FREEZER AND REFRIGERATOR delivered. I ordered a vacuum sealer replacement hose. It also took a while to get it. Tip: Order anything that will break that you preserve food with NOW. And the replacement parts. Don't wait till you harvest!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Good tip!

[@aaronp5135]

Did you guys discontinue the Brazilian Orchid Pepper variety, because when I click on the variety it says the page doesn't exist, or are you guys just out of stock at the moment?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We haven't been able to source it in over a year, so we took it off the site. We'll add it back if we can ever get more seeds. I grew it two years ago -- good variety with great flavor.

[@gailpetchenik3048]

Does the filter regulator combo come with the pressure regulator on it or do I have to order both?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

It all comes assembled with our kit.

[@kencollins7046]

Thanks for the info on field peas. I grew zippers last year and had a great harvest. Got a question about pinto beans. I know they are not field peas but have you ever tried to grow them here in the deep south. I love pintos and wanted to try and grow some on a trellis this year. Im in zone 8B

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Have not tried them. Dried beans can be tough in the south because they have to stay on the plant so much longer. That gives the bugs a longer window as well.

[@starladoak7276]

I am zone 6b grew pintos last year they did very well

[@PineyWoodsHomestead]

Question...Would diatomaceous earth be a good application to keep cut worms from mowing my corn down in the seedling stage of growth? Thanks from North Carolina

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Possibly, but I've got a better solution: hosstools.com/product/spinosad-garden-insect-spray/

[@PineyWoodsHomestead]

@@gardeningwithhoss thank you.

[@anniegaddis5240]

Have never seed a home sprayer like that, can you provide a link to a video showing parts needed, and usage? Or MAKE a video on this? Thanks!

[@gardeningwithhoss]

hosstools.com/product/hoss-garden-sprayer/

[@tiffanyconner6955]

Dixie lee peas, one hill peas and september peas are good also.

[@wandahughey7606]

After initially soaking seed starting soil, should soil be watered frequently before plant emerges or left under the humidity dome and not watered again until it emerges and dome is removed - as instruction card with kit states?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

If you have a humidity dome, it should trap all the moisture inside and you should be fine. However, pelleted seeds might need some additional top watering to dissolve the clay pellet around the seed.

[@caba32503]

I live in Minnesota now. Cant find them up here. Will the field peas grow in clay soil?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Don't see why they wouldn't.

[@dawsonian2000]

Speaking of Christmas Lima Beans, mine did not do well at all. Only produced foliage. Previously, I grew some Alabama Black-Eyed Butter Beans, and they did great! I live in Zone 9B.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Thanks for sharing!

[@gaylekerr9826]

Travis, so do you plant out those tomatoes straight into the ground from your 162 trays? Yikes, they're so small! I potted on mine into a 4" pot and they're 4-5" tall... Have I waited too long?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Yes, they'll go in the ground not much larger than that.

[@MrMatthewJWilliams]

Do you all top your pepper plants? I see some people do it and they think it makes for bigger yields. What do you think?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We've never done it.

[@lil3505]

I have been having a heck of a time with my transplants dying when I put them in the ground. Can yall help me out with how to prevent that?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

They need plenty of water when you put them in the ground. Also, make sure it's not still too cool outside for them. If they're not used to the cooler outdoor temps, they can get quite the shock.

[@IntentionalHomesteading]

Could red rippers and okra be interplanted in same in-ground row where the bed in about 30 ish inches wide?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

The red ripper does have long, trailing vines and would possible climb your Okra plants. They do well on a trellis.

[@amandasanders7373]

An electric pea sheller is wonderful and worth the money.

[@bigl4765]

What about pyrethrins and rotenone in combination. You got knocked down plus residual??

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Have never tried that combo.

[@bryanwiley6760]

Pinkeye purple hull I like the best

[@charitysmith5245]

Who won the sunflower contest? I was keeping an eye on that but never did see the results

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We never had an official winner because we had photos being posted all over the place. Our customers definitely grew bigger ones that us KZbinrs. This year we're trying to make the winner a little more official.

[@billyrichardson4306]

Do you think that wasps on a heavy aphid diet and while having heavy blooms on field peas ( purple hull ) go into a trance ? I grew them a while back and was picking while loaded with wasps and never got stung.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Maybe so. The wasps around my place don't ever hesitate to get me.

[@billyrichardson4306]

@@gardeningwithhoss Me either, normally, as I am allergic to them and had to get rid of my honey bees 🐝 after getting stung by them 32 times at one time. Doc said I wouldn't survive if it happened again.

[@opalezell319]

Have you gotten bottom trays yet?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Nope. They should be somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on a boat right now. At least 4 more weeks.

[@tammyreyers1119]

Sadly not everyone has access to a scale or forklift. I wish they had a contest for those with limited access to those items

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I don't have those items either. Probably going to have to figure a way to get mine in the truck and take it the local farmers market to weight it.

[@vickirickman9373]

I have container raised beds where I have a couple stalks of corn made for patio growing and was gonna plant 1 or 2 red field peas to add nitrogen to soil What is best way and product to fertilize with them planted with each other?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

peas do not require much nitrogen at all. Corn on the other hand does. Linking our corn growing guide below. hosstools.com/corn-growing-guide/ Working on a pea growing guide this week.

[@vickirickman9373]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to me and for all the helpful videos y’all make

[@jefffoster9458]

Can you eat the peas early with the shell on them or not

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Gotta shell field peas. Some folks will snap the baby ones and add them in, but the bigger shells are too tough.

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

If DE needs to be re applied after it rains, how does it work in a slurry or internally when it gets wet. It's only sharp when it's dry.

[@frankiefisher2441]

You need to reapply after a rain because it gets washed off the plant.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

@Gypsy B The theory is that being wet makes it stick to the plant better, then it dries on there.

[@apiecemaker1163]

Every year I get aphids on my pink eye purple hulls. After about two pickins, mine get eat up. I love field peas but have about given up because of them. Plan to try white acre and maybe crowder peas this year. I am more than willing to use synthroid product if it will get rid of aphids. Can you give a name of what I should buy please?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We hope to have this in stock soon: hosstools.com/product/bug-buster-ii/

[@apiecemaker1163]

@@gardeningwithhoss ok this. I signed up for inventory email. 👩‍🌾🌻💛☀️

[@lanesteele240]

Do your ball caps have the snap fasteners, metal clasps or are they fitted. The metal clasps kind give me a headache.

[@lanesteele240]

The web pic is only of the front

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Not metal clasps. They have the plastic snap, adjustable fasteners.

[@jenecalaplant1752]

Awww Greg you are a manly man 😚

[@viniceduring1402]

Can I container grow peanuts?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

I don't see why not.

[@pfurr281]

How long can you keep the tomatoes in the tray before planting?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Usually about 6-7 weeks in these trays.

[@pfurr281]

@@gardeningwithhoss thank you so much.😁

[@phermey]

I see you are in GA. Are your seeds from GA also, or do you source them from all over? I ordered this year's seeds from a place that I found on a 'best seeds for growing in the south' page. Turns out they came from Oregon. lol. Anywho... this fall and beyond is another story. I'd like to source my seeds from plants that grow in the south. Thx.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You won't find any. The seed trade is an international one. I don't know of any seed crops grown in the south. The ones that are grown in the US are usually grown on the west coast.

[@phermey]

@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the honesty. I appreciate it. You could have said yeah man... all of our seeds come from plants just a few hours down the road from you. lol. I get the feeling I know what you mean by international. I have ran across seeds from those sources on multiple occasions and didn't want to take the chance. And still don't.

[@baneverything5580]

Blackeyed Pea leaves are up to 40% protein. A Superfood.

[@brianrodrigue6821]

The best field pea in South Louisiana is Chackbay field pea!

[@marklugo6002]

Where can I get that shirt? love it (rad-ish...have plenty of the other type). Seriously though, the bottom watering is being promoted all over. People think they can reinvent the wheel sometimes... and doing more harm than they are good.

[@gardeningwithhoss]

You can see all our merchandise here: hosstools.com/product-category/garden-tools/hoss-merch/

[@marklugo6002]

@@gardeningwithhoss Any talls?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

How tall are you? I'm 6'1" and Greg is 6"2" and they fit us pretty well.

[@diannalucas223]

Is it ok to water tomatoes from the top?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We do.

[@diannalucas223]

@@gardeningwithhoss good to know. Thank you

[@suemerritt1679]

I heard some old gardener say one time, if you grow pumpkins before July, they will rot. Is that true?

[@gardeningwithhoss]

Not at all. You can grow Seminole or Cherokee Tan pumpkins in spring and they'll store for up to a year sometimes. The pepo varieties like the jack-o-lantern types don't store very well, but the edible pumpkins usually store very well.

[@sundownerwhoopwhoop5016]

I’ve heard that for years boys put dem in pillows case

[@memascabin1186]

My favorite is Dixie Lee