Growing Cowpeas, also Black eye peas, Southern peas

Vigna Unguiculata : Fabaceae / the pea or legume family

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Not recommended for growing in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions

Easy to grow. When soil begins to warm up. After frosts finish.. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 59°F and 95°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: Rows 1 Metre apart
Harvest in 11-14 weeks.

Cowpeas are heat and dry tolerant but frost will finish them. Can be grown in cooler areas if they are started under cover and planted out after last frost. They are an ancient food source and have probably been used since Neolithic times.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Cowpeas

Young leaves can be cooked and used like spinach and are very high in protein. The young pods are edible.

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11 Aug 24, Alice (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Are all the soybeans grown in New Zealand black-eyed soybeans? Besides Canterbury, where else are they grown? Are there two types of black-eyed soybeans—one where the black eye part is smaller and less noticeable, and another where the black eye is more prominent and longer? The translation is: I want to buy the black-eyed soybeans with a more prominent and longer black eye. Where can I buy them?
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09 Apr 22, Selman (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Can I grow Black eye peas in April where I live in south Brisbane ? Thank you .
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16 Dec 21, (Australia - temperate climate): Any ideas where I can buy them in Tasmania please?
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19 Dec 21, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Try ringing a few stock agency places. Places that sell seed etc to farmers. Try googling it.
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21 Nov 20, Promodh Kumar (New Zealand - temperate climate): Hi Maren Just wondering if you have any cowpea seeds in Blenheim. I would like to plant some seeds in November. Thanks
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30 Nov 20, Shiko (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Hi, Last week I bought some cowpeas seeds form bin inn [Hamilton], and sow them and in 2-3 days it sprouted. Thanks Shady
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14 Nov 20, Promodh Kumar (New Zealand - temperate climate): Where in Manukau can I buy cowpea seeds
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15 Nov 20, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): You will probably have to try an online supplier like Egmonts
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28 May 20, Kat (USA - Zone 8b climate): Is it too late to sow cowpea seeds? Also, can you grow cowpeas and green beans in the same raised bed?
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28 May 20, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): Have a look at this page www.gardenate.com/plant/Cowpeas?zone=12
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