Top Pick Brown Crowder, Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
Top Pick Brown Crowder Cowpea features an upright bush plant with prolific set of pods on the top where they are easy to see and harvest. The plants will have 2-3 heavy flushes of pod set. Pick when light purple for shelling. They are easy to shell at all stages. They are cultivated widely in the tropics and has multipurpose uses: as food for human beings, fodder for livestock and atmospheric nitrogen fixers.
Botanical Name: Vigna Unguiculata
Common Name: Top Pick Cream Pea, Cowpea
Size at Maturity: 36″-48″
Days to Maturity: 60-70 Days
Light Requirement: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Planting Time: Cool weather of spring or fall
Sowing Method: Sow directly into the soil
Planting Depth: 1″
Plant Spacing: 36″-48″
Ships: Year-round
Average Seeds Per Ounce: Approx. 120