Can you guess what is the name of this plant? Here is one clue!
This is a legume plant and the kernels are very delicious and green!
Green Peas!😄
Beautiful spherical peas, you know, Green peas!!!!
Pea pods are scientifically called as fruits, since they contain seeds grown from the ovary of the flowers. They are very popular in all over the world and loved by all.
The scientific name of this plant is Pisum Sativum
They are easy to grow and have a limited growing season.
Moreover, peas do not stay fresh so enjoy them while they are fresh.
This is a legume species so pea roots fix the nitrogen in the soil so that the nitrogen is available for other plants.
We can grow the peas in our home garden easily. I purchased green peas from the super market for making vegetable briyani in my home. I de-shelled the peas from its pod and refrigerated the green peas in a container. After three days, I observed the green peas starts to grow. I wondered and decided to so these seeds in the soil. At first, I choose to sow these seeds in a mud pot.
It started growing. It thrives well in the monsoon season. Green peas attach by tendrils tiny wire like structure that curls and encircles supports. I didn't apply any fertilizer.
One interesting matter is that this plant, as other legume plants, fix its own nitrogen from the air and it improves the soil by adding the nitrogen. The nitrogen fixation happens in conjunction with Rhizobium bacteria present in the soil.
We have to water this plants gently because the plant is very tender and shallow rooted. So adequate water supply is critical to the growth of the pea plants.Due to raining season, the rain water is very nutritious to this plant so it starts its blooming at the very young stage of its life. Now the flowers withered away and its ovary starts to grow fatty.
Let us watch how they turned into fatty pea pods!
I 'm just going to cross my fingers and hope it works wonderfully!
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