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Pea
Pisum sativum
A cool-season vine you eat as pod or seed — plant early, pick often, and never confuse it with a sweet pea.
Flavor
Sweet when young. Starchy when old. Dried split pea is a winter soup, not a salad.
Symptoms
constipation, fatigue
In favor
Fixes a little nitrogen
Days to harvest
55–70 days from sow
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