How to Grow Purple Hull Peas 

I also grow Purple Hull Peas. And had someone told me that there is another field pea that I would like even better I would have told them to "get outta here", but there is. Before you say no, give it a try. Go the grocery store and buy a bag of dry Black Eye Peas, plant them and grow them just as you did the Purple Hulls. Pick them just as you did the Purple Hulls, that is at the "mature" green stage (not dry), cook them as you do the Purple Hulls. They are good or better than Purple Hull.

Girl, when you get spoofed on RU-vid, you have arrived! Yesterday we picked, shelled, and canned purple hulls all day. 16 pints and 16 quarts. The whole family went to church with purple fingers today...lol. We are looking forward to your next vids.

I've already picked, put up, cut down, and plowed my peas. Always good to watch one of your videos.

We have been growing these peas for years here in Arkansas they are drought tolerant and thy also don't mind having wet feet. We typically just mow or weedeat the row down and they come right back up so that we can get another harvest. We typically get three crops a year from one planting, providing we can get the garden in early enough. Like you said they are also good at building the soil, we will plant only purple hulls for a couple of years when we are starting a new garden.

So much of beans ... food, fresh food, see how easy it is to grow them. why other people have to starve when they could have grown their own. Nice work, very inspiring. im a gardener too and I know how it feels to see your garden starts blooming!

How cool is that that they grow with the peas on top like that! I'm not a fan of purple hull peas but it's cool to see how they grow. And the spoof video cracked me up too! LOL!!

I grew those for the first time last year after I saw them on the Bayou Gardeners website. Have tried different varieties in the past, but these are by far the most productive. Your peas look great! Great Vid and have fun shelling. I use one of those Mr pea shellers attached to a drill.

I think that purple hull peas is one of the easiest things to grow. No need to go hungry if you have a few of those seeds.

you seem like a breath of fresh air while standing in the flower garden.GOD bless.p.s your peas look great.

That spoof is SO FUNNY! Thanks for the detailed info on the peas. You are so helpful.

that Spoof Video, cracked me up, anyone that knows you will know it was you .....it is absolutely HILARIOUS!, sure have been a missing you and Bobby, good to hear you are going to be back full swing again. Been a real busy summer here, I will try to catch ya up on what I have been up to real soon....Love & Blessings to both of you , oh I watched the video you put on today -9-8-2014, where has our summer went to already !!!

Oh wow! I found some! I had to get them from ebay, but they are what I wanted, so I'm tickled pink, wink wink. LOL Your laugh just makes my day. That washer pea shelling video what the best of them all. I loved it, and I showed it to everyone. I hope your right about maybe getting some peas from them, but even if not, I know they make the soil great, so no loss anyway. Thanks again, Sheila

The youngs of that string with young beans on it, is good to fry with meat especially beef.I hope i could plant as well like that type of seeds this coming summer.Very Beautiful-from Italy

Yay, I found this very video. Thanks again for all your videos.

I was just thinking about you lady! You must be up to your ears in canning! Thanks so much for taking the time to make wonderful and funny vids for us!

My daughter is a home depot manager I just had to show her the spoof video. I'm going to give these peas a try next year and see what I get. Thanks for the info. :)

I like the fact that they mature in 50 days because we have such a short season here.How genius the washer/ringer/pea hull/wagon lol, That spoof video was hysterical I have not laughed that hard in a long time lol:)

I love purple hull peas, but haven't had them since I was a teenager living in the south. Oh how I miss them. So delicious! Too late for me to grow this year; maybe next year. Thanks for the tips.

Wow! Those peas are loaded! Mine don't look that good, but I did just harvest my first few today. I luv 'em!

I love these ,I grow them on Florida. my very FAVORITE

We harvested over 3000 pounds of purple hulls this spring and planted 50 lbs yesterday. You might try LA Quick Pick Purple Hull seed it has a little longer pea than the Top Pick. They do make a good cover corp just make sure you turn under before you have peas. If you don't you will have more peas come up in the spring than you know what to do with. Good Vido

As always good stuff!

These peas are good! I planted 3 different types, these by far are the best producing and best tasting:). Thanks for the name of seed company to order then from. I love your garden.

The "spoof" video was funny stuff! Very creative!

I found them in March at walmart...Mark went back in May to get me more but they didnt have any more. Im saving a quarter of the seeds from what I pick for next year. I really liked them:)

Excellent crop of peas. I know, talking about the thunder, I live in Georgia and I'm 57 years old and this most rain that I can ever remember. I'm not complaining, because we need it to build the ground water back up. In years past by this time of the year the grass on ghe sides of the roads would be dead looking, but now lush and green.

I watched the spoof video and I agree with you, it is hilarious. The Reader's Digest is right that Laughter is the Best Medicine.

TPPEPHP ... that's a lot to say. You're right, they are very prolific and easy to grow. For anybody with poor soil looking to grow something for the first time, this type of pea would be a good choice. The soil building aspect is a bonus. I still laugh every time I think about you shelling peas with a clothes wringer... that's a classic. :)

How long does it take for these peas to start setting their blooms? Mine have been in the ground 4 weeks and are almost 2 ft. tall and they are looking awesome! There are lots and lots of little numbins that look like where the blooms will make and they have been showing this now for a few days.

: ) I learned something today then. I know the yard longs like a huge trellis too.

Guess what I'm smelling? Yup, cabbage rolls! The peas look great. Thank you so much.

Love the spoof too...lol!

What do you use to use to make them so green beautiful garden

Hahaha, just what I needed. I just planted a bunch more purple hull peas in the little space I had.

did u grow your pomegranate from seed I have two about 4year old thought I mighta got some this year but hopefully the 5th year will be promising

Are these a pole type or bush? They look great!

Thank you for sharing about the Top Pick Purple Hull Peas. Wow, look at all of the pea pods and blooms on them. Do you like snaps mixed in with your peas when you cook them? We love them in ours, along with a ham hock or a chunk of 1/2 inch scored fatback. Cook some cornbread and you have a delicious meal, yum yum.

I love your laugh at the end of the vid. hahahaha

Seems I made the same mistake you did. I was wondering if you had to trellis the peas the first year you grew them. Mine are just starting to produce feelers. Looking forward to some peas this year.

Awesome.. can you tell what they taste like!

Hey, that thing works well for shelling peas, I may need one of them, haha

I am just thrilled that you posted this, I have been trying to remember to get those peas forever, and I'm going to Southern States right now to finally purchase them. Donald from the Bayou Gardener started them a good while back, and when everyone tried them, they all loved them. I think Bobby grows them too. Can't wait to get them in the ground, even if I can only turn them under for feeding the soil, that would be great too. Great cover crop. It's so nice to find something everyone likes.

Thanks for the info .

One additional comment on shelling Purple Hull Peas. If you pick them and let them sit for about a day, they will shell much easier.

I need to find some of those!!

Any idea on how well these peas would do in Oklahoma's...... endless days of over 100 degree temps.. A cool summer here is mid 90's.. but most of the time it's well over 100. Normally I've only been able to grow peas during March or Nov.. But I got to say your peas reallllly look great. Thanks. cj hugs. :D

I'vs never grown that variety, I may have to give it a try next year I wonder if the deer will like them as much..lol Take care

How long does it take to harvest purple hull peas

I sure miss your videos. Are you going to start back making them or are you just too busy now? Miss You and Much Love

Sorry about putting this here. Thought it might not get seen on an older video. Rainy Day Foods online is doing 64oz Clear Jel for $13.60 and wondered if this is the stuff for canning? Thank you for any response

Can't find the humor in that spoof video; too in awe and a little embarassed I haven't set myself up to wash without electricity in a clever-like-that way :o)

Thank you x

Any idea why some pods have so few peas? My plants have been well fed.

Can you do a video processing those.. I have never heard of them..Maybe because I am a northener??

you can cut them down after they stop producing with a lawn mower, dont cut to short and they will come back and produce again. Faster than when you planted them, they dont have to germinate and form roots.

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can you dry Purple Hull Pinkeye Cowpea and use them like you would use dried pinto beans???

Oh, I was going to ask you do you like a lot of snaps in your peas. I know I do. I noticed that you had a lot of them on your vines.

Did you make a lattice for them to grow up on

How far apart are they space when plant is getting big

The ones I planted are turning brown and not purple, so what do you think?

Can I grow okra & purple hulls together in the same row?

wonder if they would grow here in so. calif.

I've got sandy soil do u think these would help build my soil? I just scattered a bunch of black eye peas that I bought from the grocery store

I don't know for sure; but these resemble the yard long bean / asparagus bean. I harvest mine green and cut into normal lengths for green beans. I cook them the same way. We love them that way. But, I'm not sure about your variety.

They sure are a nice looking peas and by the looks of them, mighty prolific eh?

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would you mind sharing? saving just a few extra for me? pretty please

Give the site where we can get them.

Also, the Black Eye Peas shell much easier than Purple Hulls.

Good looking peas. Check out my vid I just did on my pinkeye purple hull peas and I found a cool gadget to shell them with too.

Mine get tall and get blown over every year; any ideas?

i like white whipoorwill's

Adding any commercial "fertilizer" to a cowpea planting is not a good idea. Cowpeas are legumes and set their own nitrogen through bacterial nodes on the roots. Adding organic matter is a good idea though because it aids in bacteria activity in the soil and in proliferation of earthworms that digest the soil and break it down for you.. Commercial "fertilizers" are not fertilizers at all but are inorganic supplements. Too much will cause the soil bacteria to go on a feeding frenzy and "burn" the soil out. The best way to build up the soil is through planting legumes in the fall such as clover or alfalfa. Then, turn it under in the spring a couple of weeks before planting time.

Nice crop... making shelling easy with the Taylor Little Pea Sheller. Check them out at 855Sheller.com.

WHAT IS YOUR REAL NAME.

say THAT name 3 times fast.. lol..

Lightning does NOT add nitrogen to soil. It is merely electricity, a transfer of electrons. Nitrogen is an element.

Way too much rambling... not actual factual & directiional information.

Thanks!