Peas - Pole Sugar Snap

Picking fresh peas from your garden is always a treat. They are a good source of iron and an excellent source of vitamin C. Approximately 5 seeds / gram.
Hints:
  • Plant seeds early in spring as soon as the soil can be prepared.
  • Sow seeds 2-3 cm apart and 2 cm deep.
  • Do not thin plants.
  • For best results, harvest in early summer or fall when peas enlarge pods.
  • A 6 metre row of plants will yield approximately 5 kg of pods.
  • Pole Sugar Snap - 70 days. Voted all-time First Place vegetable winner in the AAS survey of home gardeners. Pods are round, slightly curved, medium green, 6-8 cm [2.5-3"] long, thick and fleshy. Sweet, crunchy, crisp and delicious when picked fully mature. Eaten raw in salads or cooked like snow peas. Also can be shelled. Vigorous vines grow to 1.8 m [6'] or more and require strong support. Resistant to pea wilt. Popular item at produce stands and U-pick operations.