50 IRON CLAY COWPEA Food Plot Forage Vigna Unguiculata Cow Pea Bean Legume Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Iron Clay Cow Pea SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vigna Unguiculata COLOR: Tan - Brown Peas PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost in Spring / Summer / Fall HARVEST: Matures: 45 Days for Forage / 95 Days for Peas HARDINESS ZONE: Annual PLANT HEIGHT: 2 - 3' PLANT SPACING: 3 - 6" x 30" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 50 Seeds OTHER: Iron Clay Cow Peas are a popular legume grown in food plots for wildlife. Grow them alone or mixed with other forage plants. Deer, rabbit, turkey, quail, & dove will enjoy browsing their foliage or munching on their seeds which are high in protein. These fast growing legumes can be sown in the spring, summer, or in the fall in warmer climates. They are tolerant of heat & periods of drought, & being more cold hardy than many varieties will continue growing until frost strikes. Being a legume, Iron Clay Cowpeas (which, by the way, are actually a bean, not a pea) can help fix nitrogen in the soil to make it more