The peas get burn-off after seeding and just before emergence as we find we get better control this way as more weeds have emerged than before seeding. We try to alternate our seeding dates on all of our land to keep the weed population off-balance. We like to load our seed peas with PTO auger as we can keep it full and turn it slower without running out of power. One of the tricks I ve learned over the years is to apply water to our peas as you are loading them on to the truck. They absorb the water and the seed coat softens up, and you split a lot less peas as you are augering them into the air seeder tank, when they go through the metering system and the splitters in the air system.
Next step is inoculation.
For inoculant we use Tag Team, which has Provide in it. We thoroughly mix it with water and dribble it onto the seed as we are filling the airseeder tank. Don t pre-inoculate more seed than you are going to use that day because the live bacteria has a short life span when exposed and keep your truck tarped as direct sunlight is also harmful. Here are some well-inoculated yellow peas. This picture didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but what we're trying to show here is the nodules on the pea plant roots.