When to plant pea in Kaltukatjara
- Sow in the ground: late Apr to early JulKaltukatjara area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Kaltukatjara. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A sweet cool-season legume sown in autumn and winter in Adelaide for spring pods. Most need a trellis or netting to climb. Pick pods often, as plants stop flowering once pods mature, and dig the spent plants into the soil to feed the next crop.