[Crops 101] How to Sow and Harvest Peas

Welcome to your next “Crops 101” lesson of the Farming Simulator Academy! We show you how to plant and harvest those green pearls. Let’s start!

What you need for Peas

Let’s take a look at everything you need to plant and harvest peas. Please note, you need special equipment.

• You need a tractor to attach the following tools and operate them. 
• You need a cultivator to prepare the ground for your next harvest. 
• You need a seeder to plant peas.
• You need a fertilizer spreader, fertilizer, and lime to improve your harvest. 
• You need a roller to condense the soil and increase the yield of your harvest.
• You need a weeder to get rid of the weeds that will soon pop up. Otherwise, the income from your crops will be reduced when you sell it. 
• You need a special harvester to harvest your crop.
• And you need a trailer to transport and sell the harvested peas. 

Equipment Selection (recommendation)

We chose the following equipment. In the ‘Packs’ section of the shop, you find everything you need.

• Tractor: Challenger MT635
• Cultivator: John Deere 980
• Seeder: Great Plains SOLID STAND 1500
• Fertilizer Spreader: Bredal K105
• Roller: Väterstad Rexius 1230
• Weeder: Gorenc Puler 600
• Harvester: Oxbo EPD 540e
• Trailer: Farmtech EDK 650

Let’s go to work!

Got everything you need? Then let’s start on your assignment and cultivate some peas! Note that you can only grow this crop from the start of April until the end of July if seasonal growth is enabled. You can harvest peas from July until September. 

Step 1: Applying Lime

Your field sometimes needs lime. The field information box will tell you, if that’s the case. If you bought the Bredal K105 as a fertilizer spreader, you can use this machine for lime as well.

Connect the spreader to your tractor and place it next to the lime. Press the designated button to refill the machine. Once the machine is filled, head over to your field. Position yourself on one corner, turn the spreader on, and start applying lime. 

Step 2: Cultivating the field

Cultivate your field in order to grow some peas. Just hook your cultivator to your tractor and head over to your field. Place the vehicle on one corner of the field, lower the cultivator, and start driving. Cover just one row after another until the whole field is done.

Step 3: Planting Peas

Connect your seeder to your tractor and place the machine next to your seeds. Again, press the designated button to refill the machine. Once you are done, head back to your field and start the same process again: Position yourself at one corner and cover one row after another.

Step 4: Fertilizing

After you are done applying lime, unload any leftovers at your farm and refill with fertilizer. Then, the same procedure starts again. 

Tip! Repeat the fertilizing process after your plants started to grow to increase the fertilization to 100%. The yield will be even higher. With a manure or slurry spreader, you can activate double activation rate to fertilize only once.

Step 5: Rolling

If you want to improve your yield even further, you need to use a roller on your freshly planted seeds. With a roller, you condense the soil, and therefore increase its quality and the yield by 2.5 %.

Step 6: Getting rid of weeds

Soon, the first weeds spawn on the field. Take your weeder to get rid of it before they grow past the first stage. In the first stage, you can still use the weeder to remove weeds. After that, you need a hoe or field sprayer. If you play with crop destruction, use a tractor with narrow tires, otherwise a lot of plants get destroyed. Now we wait, until the crops are fully grown.

Tip! You can speed up a bit until the weeds start to grow.

Step 7: Harvest the crops

As soon as the crops are fully grown, you shouldn’t waste any time, so they don’t start to wither. Head in your special harvester, drive to your field, lower the header and start harvesting!

Once the harvester is full, you need to get your trailer to unload the harvester. To unload, just drive it up to your trailer and unfold the pipe. Press the button to start overloading, and all the harvested peas will be unloaded into your trailer until it’s full.

Step 8: Selling Peas

When you are done harvesting, you are able to sell your harvested crops. Look for the best-selling point on the prices screen. Unload the trailer in the designated area. 

Well done!

Congratulations, you finished another lesson and now know how to plant peas. Stay with the Farming Simulator Academy, and you’ll become a top-notch virtual farmer in no time!