An on-farm trial was conducted during rabi seasons of the years 2006-07 and 2007-08 at farmers’ fields in Bangalore Rural District of Karnataka to study the effect of different mulches for controlling weeds in edible pea (Pisum sativum L.). The treatments comprised five mulches viz., white polythene, black polythene, wheat straw, newspaper and saw dust as well as hand weeding and a weedy check. Variety ‘Pusa Harbhajan’ was planted on a plot size of 5 x 1.6 m2 using randomized complete block (RCB) design, having three replications. All the parameters except plant height were significantly affected by different treatments. Maximum number of pods/plant (50.87, 48.40 and 35.87), number of seeds/pod (5.83, 5.80 and 5.50) and pod yield (2707, 2613 and 2512 kg/ha) were recorded in hand weeding, newspaper and black polythene treatments, respectively, whereas minimum values in these parameters were recorded in weedy check. All mulches were effective and gave better results than weedy check, but due to their better performance newspaper and black polythene mulching were recommended for the environment friendly and sustainable control of weeds and realizing better yields of edible pea