How and when to plant chickpeas

In our daily diet we must have different types of food that nourish our body. Not only must we include proteins and carbohydrates , but we must also have a diet full of vegetables, fruits and legumes .

Index

• 1 Grow chickpeas among other foods
• 2 When are chickpeas grown?
• 3 How is the chickpea grown?
• 4 Recommendations when growing chickpeas

Grow chickpeas among other foods

Spanish cuisine is one of the richest in the world and is made up of all kinds of foods that make its flavor unmatched, such as legumes, a very common food in Spanish cuisine, but ultimately, the most used legume is chickpea.

The chickpea arrived in Spain many years ago, when its cultivation in Turkey spread throughout Europe. One of the ways to keep your food healthy is to grow as many legumes, vegetables, and fruits as possible. Therefore, if you have the opportunity or a small space to grow, start doing it, since food without pesticides or other growing chemicals is extremely important for your health.

If you want to know how to grow chickpeas , keep reading this article and find out how to start your own crop!

When are chickpeas grown?

To grow chickpeas, it is best to do it after the rains or in areas with little rainy weather. This is because the garbando is able to withstand droughts and grow only by the water that remains accumulated in the soil as a result of the rains.

It is also a legume that tolerates a lot of cold and can even begin to germinate from 10 degrees Celsius, but it is best to start germinating from 25 to 35 degrees Celsius.

How is the chickpea grown?

First you must make sure that your soil is clay, otherwise you can have a very bad planting. These are the steps to follow:

1. Till the soil where your chickpeas will be
2. Put soil and fertilizers
3. rake the area
4. Put the chickpea seeds
5. cover with more soil
6. Water and then wait 2 weeks to water again

Remember that the chickpea grows very easily in soils with very little water , since it is maintained with the moisture that is still in the soil. Unless it rains, do not irrigate the planted area for at least 2 weeks .

To know if your chickpeas are ready, the best technique is observation , that is, be very attentive to what happens to your chickpeas and wait until the leaves of the plant turn yellow and the chickpeas are still green.

Growing chickpeas is very simple and you just have to follow the following steps:

1. Cut the plant above ground level or above root level
2. Once you have stacked everything, place them in the sun to dry
3. Wait about a week for your chickpeas to be ready

Ready! You have your chickpeas at home and at hand.

Recommendations when growing chickpeas

As you saw, growing chickpeas is a fairly simple task , since the plant does not require much care and is practically capable of growing on its own. However, there are certain recommendations that we can make to make the process much easier and obtain a very good product:

1. The important thing about using clay soils is that they do not contain pebbles. This is because growing chickpeas in different soil can lead to poor quality chickpeas.
2. Although, as mentioned above, chickpeas grow in cold climates, the best temperature is 25 to 35 degrees Celsius .
3. Be aware of removing the weeds that grow around the chickpeas when they appear.
4. After 4 years do not grow chickpeas in the same place.
5. Avoid growing in places where humidity accumulates frequently.
6. When you preserve chickpeas, you should do so in areas where the humidity ranges from 8 to 10 percent.