Sunday, April 6, 2014

Peas Packet

Page's Seeds
Peas
Super Sugar Snap
Guisante

The sweet flavor and crunchy texture have resulted in their increased popularity for the nutitional value and delicious flavor and snack appeal.  Shell these super, sweet peas or snap them like a bean.  Mature earlier by 7-10 days than its predecessor.  Sugar Snap.

Culture:  Plant spring and fall when soil temperature is at least 45 F and the soil is dry enough to till without sticking to garden tools.  Prefers rich, light, but moisture retentive soil.  Trellis 60" vines.

Harvest:  Thick, round, meaty, stringless 2 1/2"-3 1/2" pods can be snapped like green beans or left on the vine until the green peas mture.  Strings develop at maturity.  Freezes well.

Planting Depth-1"
Seed Spacing 1"-3"
Spacing between rows 30"
Days to germination 7-15
Spacing after thinning 3"-5"
Days to maturity 60-66

Started these in old blueberry containers 4/5/14

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