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  • From: rosnide3 AT vt.edu
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] peas tendrils
  • Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 12:08:36 -0400

Are you sure cowpea tips are good? That definitely doesn't sound good to me.
But
I don't have any here to sample right now. I urge caution.

Robert

>
> Bob,
> Sounds like a plan. Once my Austrian field peas I planted last fall finish
> producing eatable tips I will turn under. So, doing the same with cowpeas
> sounds like a winner. We shall see how they market.
>
> Thanks,
> Farmer Breck
> Breck Carden
> Carden's Garden
> 2400 E Hwy 22
> Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
> breck AT breckcarden.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of
> sunnfarm AT netscape.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 10:25 AM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] peas tendrils
>
> I sometimes grow cowpeas as a summer cover crop. If your looking for a pea
> variety that can be grown and harvested for tendrils in the summer heat
> without fussing around with shade I think cow pea is worth a try... Bob.
>
> --- bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com wrote:
>
> From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
> To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] peas tendrils
> Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 08:19:39 -0400
>
> Sue and Nan; thank you. This is helpful.
> I am going to go pick and weigh some today. $15 to $28 per lb. sounds
> interesting.
>
> Thanks,
> Farmer Breck
> Breck Carden
> Carden's Garden
> 2400 E Hwy 22
> Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
> breck AT breckcarden.com
> www.breckcarden.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nan Hildreth
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2010 6:43 AM
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] peas tendrils
>
> I'm selling 1/3 pound bags for $5, repeatedly cutting the tender
> growing tips. I have to push samples at my market, but they taste so
> good, I'm selling out.
>
> At 03:56 PM 5/7/2010, Sue Wells wrote:
> >I sell my pea shoots for $2.00, in a bag, weighing .07lbs.
> >apparently I don't do mine like others, as I cut them when the whole
> >plant is 4 -5 inches. This way, I have early things to sell. I use
> >the gonza peas.
> >Sue
> >Vermont
> >
> >
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