Question: are chickpeas easy to grow?
Answer: Planting time. The chickpea is a cool-season annual that requires 100 or so days to reach harvest. ... Chickpeas require a long growing season; to get a head start on the season, sow chickpeas indoors in a peat or paper pot and transplant the pot and plant whole to the garden when the plants are 3 to 4 inches tall.