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VERSATILE & NUTRIENT-RICH SEEDS: Our cowpeas seeds are perfect for cover crops, food plots, forage, and more. These nutrient-dense seeds support healthy growth, providing a rich food source for wildlife and promoting overall ecosystem health. Ideal for combining with other vegetable seeds like black-eyed peas, green bean seeds, and more for a bountiful garden.
EASY TO GROW & HIGH-QUALITY BEAN SEEDS: Our cowpeas seeds are easy to plant and cultivate, making them ideal for both novice and experienced farmers. These high-quality bean seeds ensure robust growth and high yields. Perfect for growing with your vegetable garden with other pea seeds, like black-eyed peas, field peas, and other varieties for consumption or market sale.
ENHANCES SOIL HEALTH & PROMOTES GARDENING: Cowpeas improve soil health by fixing nitrogen and enhancing soil structure. Our cowpeas seeds support efficient farming, requiring minimal synthetic inputs and reducing environmental impact.
IDEAL FOR COVER CROPS & VEGETABLE GARDENS: Our cowpeas are excellent cover crops and widely planted as high-protein forage. Adapted to a wide range of soils, they thrive in well-drained soils with a pH between 6.0 - 7.0. Like all cowpeas, they can be consumed by humans in the form of snap beans and dry beans. Perfect for integrating with green bean seeds or yard-long beans seeds for planting.
SUPPORTS FOOD PLOTS & WILDLIFE HABITAT: Our cowpeas seeds attract and nourish wildlife, fostering biodiversity on your farm. Providing a reliable food source for deer, turkey, and other farm animals, they support a healthy ecosystem. Combine them with purple hull peas or string beans seeds for planting to create a diverse and vibrant garden.
Cowpeas (Vigna Unguiculata Red Ripper) - Red Ripper cowpeas grow 24 - 36 inches tall and are a very heat and drought tolerant cowpea. They are very hardy, making them an excellent choice for food plots in the southern United States. Deer, pheasant, turkey, quail and other wildlife eagerly seek out the foliage and grain produced by cowpeas as they grow to maturity. Other animals such as: cattle, hogs, poultry, goats and other upland game birds will also enjoy feeding on cowpeas. Cowpeas are the most heat loving legume found in the United States. They thrive in hot, moist climates, but are also very drought tolerant. Adapted to a wide range of soil types, Red Ripper cowpeas can handle sandier soils much better than Iron & Clay cowpeas. They also flower and make seed earlier than Iron & Clay. Commonly used by farmers for silage and as a cover crop, but also widely planted as a high protein forage. Red Ripper is adapted to a wide range of soils, but prefers well drained soils with a pH between 6.0 - 7.0. Like all cowpeas, they can be consumed by humans in the form of snap beans and dry beans.