🫛 Pea companion plants
Peas are an early cool-season crop that leaves nitrogen behind for whatever you plant next.
- Sun
- Full sun to light shade
- Water
- Moderate; more once pods form
- Spacing
- 5–8 cm (2–3 in) along a trellis
- Harvest
- 55–70 days from seed
Good companions for pea
- 🥕 Carrot
Different root depths; peas feed the soil.
- 🌽 Corn
Nitrogen boost for corn.
- 🥒 Cucumber
Can share a trellis and enrich the soil.
- 🥬 Spinach
Both love cool spring weather.
- 🥬 Lettuce
Pea trellises shade lettuce as days warm up.