Black-eyed peas and other southern peas, from the extension services
Varieties, planting and harvest timing, every fact quoted and linked.
Our count: 87 variety rows from 9 sources in 7 states.
Variety explorer
87 rows from 9 extension sources, filterable, with a CSV.
When to plant
Soil temperatures and dates for 6 states, plus a fall calculator.
Harvest calculator
Planting date + printed days to maturity.
Our take written by Cowpea Seeds
Southern peas, the crop that includes black-eyed peas, crowders, creams and pinkeyes, come in many named varieties. This site gathers what extension services in 7 Southern and Plains states print about them: 87 variety rows with type, plant habit, days to maturity and disease notes, kept in each source's own words.
Start with the variety explorer if you're choosing seed, the planting page for your state's soil-temperature and date guidance, or the harvest calculator if your peas are already in the ground. The New Year's page covers the black-eyed pea custom and where the crop came from.
Our introduction to the pages linked here; each one quotes its sources.
Variety pages
- California Blackeye #5Blackeye · 5 sources
- Magnolia BlackeyeBlackeye · 3 sources
- Mississippi PurpleCrowder · 3 sources
- Mississippi SilverCrowder · 6 sources
- Pinkeye Purple Hull BVRPinkeye · 5 sources
- Quick Pick PinkeyePinkeye · 3 sources
- Top Pick CrowderCrowder · 2 sources
- Top Pick Pinkeye Purple HullPinkeye · 1 sources
- Zipper CreamCrowder or cream · 5 sources
Crowder, cream or black-eye?
The types explained in the extension services' words.
New Year's black-eyed peas
Hoppin' John, good luck and the crop's history.