How to grow chickpea
Cicer arietinum
When to plant chickpea
Chickpea is a cool-season annual planted in early spring; in eastern Oregon it is sown in March or early April. It tolerates cool soil, with germination beginning around 41 degrees F (Oregon State).
Chickpea is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Days to maturity
- 84 to 125 (from sowing)
- Planting depth
- 1.5 in
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- ascochyta blight
- root rot
Sources
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