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Lady Cream Pea

$1299
  • Lady Cream Pea – An heirloom field pea variety with small peas that are tender and delicious.
  • Also known as Lady Finger Pea.
  • Heat-tolerant with pods set high on the plant for easy harvesting.
  • 60 days to maturity.
  • Vigna unguiculata.

4,500 seeds per lb.

Description

Be sure to check out our Cow Pea Growing Guide for more tips & tricks on successfully growing cow peas in your garden.

Lady Cream Pea is an heirloom, open-pollinated southern pea variety that dates back to the 1800s. Also known as "Lady Finger Pea," this is a smaller field pea with an excellent creamy flavor. The plants are bushy and produce runners that will sprawl, but trellising is not necessary. Just be sure to give them plenty of room to sprawl.

Lady Cream Pea is a heat-tolerant variety that performs well in drier growing conditions. When planted in spring, it will continue to flower and set new pods into the summer months. It also can be grown as a fall crop when planted in late summer or early fall. The pods are set high on the plant so they're easy to find for quick harvesting.

Lady Cream Pea produces pods that are initially green and turn yellow once pods are ready to be harvested and shelled. Pods average 7-8" long with 14 peas per pod. These are delicious when prepared fresh, but also hold exceptionally-well when blanched and frozen or canned.

We recommend planting field peas using a walk-behind planter like our Hoss Garden Seeder. Use a #5 seed plate, but always check the hole size and modify if necessary. Field peas or cowpeas do very well when planted on double rows. Plant two rows about 6" apart, then skip over 3-4' and plant another double row. This will allow you to maximize garden space and produce more vegetables per square foot of garden. Peas should be harvested when pods are full and shelling is easy. If the pods do not shell easily, they likely need to stay on the plant longer.

Lady Cream Pea Planting Information

Planting Method: direct seed

When to Plant: after last frost

Planting Depth: 1"

Seed Spacing: 3-4"

Row Spacing: 3-4'

Days to Maturity: 60

Disease Resistance: None

Growing Information

Treatment: Untreated

Customer Reviews

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James Shugart
Review of lady cream

Too soon to comment received too cool to plant

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Bobby Perry
Hoss Satisfaction

I had a very great experience with Hoss. My order was shipped quickly and the order was correct. Highly recommend them.

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Walter Boatwright
Pea Vines

The vines looking good. There are lots of runners so far no pea pods. It looks like it might take a few more weeks if the cold does not get them.

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Cleveland Hobby
Good Deer Peas

Planted 5 different types of peas, cream 8s Texas long, and a few others. Order arrived promptly, they all came up and they must have been really good because the deer ate them to the ground, even though we had deer peas planted near by and an electric fence around them. Put up an extra strand of electric fence and replanted with what we had left. Looks like they are doing good now. Since the deer lived them so much and braved the electric fence to eat them, I have to give the product a 5 star. They should be a good judge of product. I'll be ordering more.....

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Patsy McBroom

These peas are growing in my garden right now. I cooked my first picking yesterday and everyone thinks they’re delicious! Great germination and growth. The vines are loaded! Thanks Hoss! I love everything I’ve ever purchased!