Although cowpeas are heat tolerant, water frequently. When you water, try to keep from getting water on the plant’s leaves. Cowpeas take 80 days or more to become ready for harvest. If growing on a vine, they will need some support like a pole or fence during their growth.

Do cowpeas need staking?

without a trellis. Beautiful cow peas are easy to grow and harvest. Winnowing is easy with beans. Just one or two passes in front of a fan is all it takes to clean the seeds for storage.

Do California cowpeas need a trellis?

They will grow perfectly fine without trellising Anney. They do put out some runners that will at times look like they want a trellis, but it is not necessary. Big fields of them grow fine that way.