Hello, fellow Baltimore friend. I can imagine how fast your baby ate through homegrown peas!

I have had little success with a fall planting here. But I do keep trying. Wando is a type that is supposed to do better in heat. I plan to try and see if that applies to the early stages of its growth,in August.

Have you considered homegrown green beans for the baby? Carrots and squash?

If you do discover any tricks for getting fall peas, do let us know

Hepatica

Hello! I figured our Augusts are way too hot/humid to get any sort of germination. I assume they need cool temps to germinate. I wonder if I started them inside with some A/C and then hardened them off outside?

I tried planting carrots this spring, but my seeds must have been old, they didn't germinate. I am growing squash for the baby and my mother-in-law is growing beans. She loves all of it! Such a lucky little bugger to come of age at prime growing season.

You could try a few different things

-pre-sprout 'em 1st & plant in part shade
-wait until the hot weather has past to plant
-shade them
-plant indoors like you said in a large pot & put them out when it's cooler...

I've not had success with transplanting them & the peat pellets are a pain to tear off that fabric, but it grows better freed from it.

Here is a link that might be useful: pre-sprout peas

In North Texas, to get fall green peas, we have to start before planting by covering the dirt with shade to cool it down. I have started late peas this way once in middle August and it worked fairly well, except mildew attacked despite the heat, or probably because of the humidity. Get the dirt ready and cover with old carpet AND tent some shade cloth over the area. Plan to keep the sprouts and then plants shaded at all times. Plant directly and keep watered. Might be more trouble than it is worth.

Yeah, this is sounding like more trouble than it's worth. Baby girl will just need to eat frozen peas until next spring!

Thank you for all your responses though.

You have plenty of time to make a crop of cowpeas before frost in your zone. I bet baby girl would like those too.

Thanks corrine and veggie! I may try your methods.

Hepatica

Last year I planted snap peas and snow peas in August. After sowing and watering in, we covered the rows with boards to conserve moisture and keep the soil cool (relatively speaking). You've got to check under the boards every day, and as soon as sprouts appear, remove the boards. Heavy mulching helps keep the soil cooler after the plants get going. We were picking peas in mid October.

I just put some in yesterday, because if I didn't, there wouldn't be time for them to make a crop. They either will or they won't.

I put them in the ground yesterday. Since I have been having a cool year, I just have to throw them on the ground, cover them until you can't see them so they are protected from birds seeing them, and water them in. It's very easy to grow :) I planted about 84 peas on top of my 54 I had already producing and almost producing.