Caleypea is also known as singletary pea and roughpea Although there are other varieties or types, most field pea in Oklahoma are known as Austrian winter pea. "Winter pea" is used as a cover crop, green manure crop, hay crop, silage, grazing, etc. Need well-drained soil Does not tolerate acid soils Can be mixed with other annuals -- cereals or ryegrass Large seed and easy to establish in tilled soil May lodge and become intertwined Austrian winter pea, a cool-season annual legume, can produce a moderate amount of dry matter used for grazing, hay, or as a green manure crop for other agricultural production and are relished by cattle and white-tailed deer. Forage from winter pea is also used to make silage. Establishment: Winter pea are easily established on well-drained loam or sandy loam soils and should be planted during September or October at 20-30 lbs. of seed/acre in mixed stands with cereal grains or ryegrass and 30-40 lbs./acre in pure stands. Austrian winter peas are intolerant of low pH soils. Yield potential:  Field pea and caleypea can have a high yield potential-- up to 3 ton of dry matter before mid April in Oklahoma.  During May to June yields tend to be modest -- perhaps 1 ton per acre before dying. Images Caleypea flowers  Seeds   Seed Pods  Leaves Field pea flowers  Leaves  Seeds
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