Snap Pea Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon

How to sow snap pea: Direct seed outdoors, thin to 12cm apart when seedlings are 3cm high

Sun requirement for snap pea: Plant in Full Sun

Snap Pea has been planted 14 times by Growstuff members.

Snap peas are a cultivar group of edible-podded peas that have round pods instead of flat pods (like snow peas). They were developed in 1952 by cross-breeding snow pea with a mutant shell pea plant. The pods are edible and contain 3-8 peas. They are harvested when they are bright green, young, and tender. Snap peas are a cool weather crop and require trellising to support their climbing vines.

Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

28 weeks

First harvest expected

6 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

6 weeks after planting

Height

150cm

Spread

20cm

Row Spacing

12cm

Companions

turnip

Photos

Snap pea crops

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What people are saying about snap peas

Growing Status

by black_hound,

I have been concerned about my pea planting because we had some unseasonably cold weather after I planted them. But I see a few sprouts from the Cascadia and Mammoth Melting snap peas. The Green Arrow shelling peas have no sprouts so I replanted them today.

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