Grow guide
How to grow Cowpea Mississippi Silver
Vigna unguiculata
- Type
- Cowpea
- Zones
- USDA zones 5–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 65–75 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
- Succession
- Every 14 days
Care
- Water Weekly
- Harvest As needed
- Thin As needed
Notes
Silver-pod 6-7" cowpea adapted to hot, humid climates; used fresh as a shell pea or dried as a southern field pea.
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