Red Ripper Cow Pea (Vigna unguiculata)
Cow peas, also known as crowder peas, black-eyes peas and southern peas, are vigorous heat loving plants with lots of biomass. The Red Ripper is great as a cover crop, food and livestock forage. Red-green pods are long and beans are light red and large compared to other cow pea varieties. Beans can be eaten fresh, frozen or dried. Handles heat, drought and poor soils. A superhero of a plant! Plant spacing 4”. Grown by Pueblo Seed. Certified Organic. Direct sow. 50 days for forage, 100 days for food.
~40 seeds per packet