Peas.

Hi All,

I was thinking of growing peas this year, as my kids love them and I remember we used to spend hours with my grandparents shelling them when we were kids. Question is how many plants would I need to feed a family of 4? I don't have a great deal of space, so I am not sure that it would be worth while. Also what varieties do others grow and are there any varieties that have a really high yield?

Rusty

 

If you're stuck for space how about a tall pea like Champion of England

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/peas.html

 

Didn't know that you could get tall varieties. I think that is the way to go. Thanks for the advice Zigs.

Rusty

 

Agree with JWK, you can get Hurst Greenshaft seeds from Aldi. I normally grow about 60 plants in a season (3 x 20 in succession). Why do I grow so many? because the vast majority never even get to the kitchen far less cooked. I love raw Peas straight off the plant and even the pods are quite tasty if young enough. I grow Mangetout as well but their yeild isn't so good as Hurst Greenshaft I've found, perhaps I'm not growing the right variety?The ones I've grown just have "Oregon sugar pods" written on the seed packet which I presume is just another name for Mangetout?

 

I grow nothing but Greenshaft now ,this last few years I've had very good crops.I sow 3 rows of aprox.30ft,this year we froze 26ld and still gave some away to friends.did you know that you can make a very good wine from the pods,I made some each year until I stop wine making. The best one I made turned out like champers,opened a bottle after about 2 years and it popped just like the real thing and tasted lovely,it was supposed to be a dry wine but don't know what went wrong but it was a drink I tried a few times after to get the same result but never did

 

I grow nothing but sugar snap peas. Deliciously sweet and juicy. You eat the whole pod, but unlike mange tout, the pods are filled with plump peas, so the yield is excellent. Preparation is so simple, no stringing or shelling Well that's if they get as far as the kitchen - irresistible raw straight off the plant.