Cowpeas - Vigna unguiculata - Cover Crop / Green Manure Hubbard purple flowers in Autumn

purple flowers in Autumn

Scientific name - Melothria scabra

Description - Once you try the sweet flavour and crisp bite of this 7cm long true baby carrot

it will thrive on a bright windowsill or outdoors

Cowpeas - Vigna unguiculata - Cover Crop / Green Manure Hubbard purple flowers in AutumnA great cover crop for warmer weather. Grown much like soybeans. Frost sensitive, but fast growing in warm hot weather. Sow mid spring once soil has warmed. Sow at 1. 5kg per 100m2, 1 to 2cm deep. Relatively long taproots help withstand drought. Cowpeas are not tolerant of high weed pressure or wet soils and will perform poorly in these conditions. If planted thickly, they will smother out weeds. Cowpeas can also be used for underseeding in spring