This is surely the sensible way to grow and eat peas - no time-consuming podding, no waste, just heavy crops of delicious, sweet and juicy pods of sugar-peas, often called ‘Mangetout’ or ‘Snow peas’. Well flavoured and excellent for lightly steaming or stir-fries. The pods of Mangetout Oregon Sugar Pod are large, flat and stringless when young. It doesn’t make sense to go through the tediousness of discarding the pod if it’s so full of goodness and so delicious to taste.
Sow seeds from early March once the soil has started to warm up and is easily worked. Sowings can be made every 10 days or so until June for succession. Peas prefer a deep rich, well manured soil. Make flat-bottomed drills 5cm (2 inches) deep, 15-20cm (6-8 inches) wide, place 2 rows of seeds 5-8cm (2-3 inches) apart both ways and replace the soil. Allow 90cm (36 inches) between each drill.
Start picking the pods just as the peas inside start to form, early and regular picking will also improve the cropping and flavour of the peas.
1 packet (250 pea seeds)
This is surely the sensible way to grow and eat peas - no time-consuming podding, no waste, just heavy crops of delicious, sweet and juicy pods of sugar-peas, often called ‘Mangetout’ or ‘Snow peas’. Well flavoured and excellent for lightly steaming or stir-fries. The pods of Mangetout Oregon Sugar Pod are large, flat and stringless when young. It doesn’t make sense to go through the tediousness of discarding the pod if it’s so full of goodness and so delicious to taste.
Sow seeds from early March once the soil has started to warm up and is easily worked. Sowings can be made every 10 days or so until June for succession. Peas prefer a deep rich, well manured soil. Make flat-bottomed drills 5cm (2 inches) deep, 15-20cm (6-8 inches) wide, place 2 rows of seeds 5-8cm (2-3 inches) apart both ways and replace the soil. Allow 90cm (36 inches) between each drill.
Start picking the pods just as the peas inside start to form, early and regular picking will also improve the cropping and flavour of the peas.
1 packet (250 pea seeds)
