Place in rotation
Can be included anywhere in a rotation. A spring-sown crop provides entry for a late-summer/early autumn grass sow-out, a winter cereal or a forage brassica catch crop (Whytock and Frame, 1985a). In very favourable areas there may be a chance of growing a second crop of forage peas in the same year, particularly if an early-maturing cultivar is sown. To avoid the risk of disease build-up, e.g. Sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia trifoliorum) peas should not be grown on the same land more often than one year in five.