Cowpea will usually germinate in about 3 or 4 days after planting, it is mainly divided into three kinds of spring cowpea, summer cowpea and fall cowpea, usually spring cowpea will be sown in the first and middle of February, summer cowpea will be planted in July, and fall cowpea will be sown in the first half of August, in addition, cowpea seeds can be directly scattered in the ground and planted, except that the sprout rate of planting in this way will be very low.

How long does it take for cowpea seeds to germinate

Cowpeas are mainly classified into three kinds: spring cowpeas, summer cowpeas and autumn cowpeas, usually spring cowpeas will be sown in the first half of February, summer cowpeas will be planted in July, while autumn cowpeas will be sown in the first half of August, and they will usually germinate in about 3 or 4 days after planting. Alternatively, cowpea seeds can be planted by scattering them directly in the ground, except that the germination rate for such planting will be low.

Cowpea seed germination temperature

The optimum germination temperature for cowpea seed is about 25-28 degrees, usually when the temperature suddenly drops or winter comes, you can put it into the greenhouse or indoor care, and then move it out when the environment is suitable.

Cowpea seed germination out of the ground

Cowpea seeds should always be soaked for about 4 hours before planting, in the case of temperature, humidity, light, water and other growth conditions are suitable, usually only about 1 or 2 days, cowpea will germinate.

Cowpea seed germination method

The seeds of cowpea are usually germinated by soaking, before planting, first take the selected seeds and put them into warm water of about 50 degrees, wait until 15 minutes, then let the seeds soak for about 3 hours. Then the soaked seeds with moist gauze wrapped set, put the temperature of about 25 degrees Celsius in the environment of germination.

Pictures of cowpea seed germination