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 Edible
Peas
Early Spring is a good time to put in your edible peas and flowering
sweet peas. They love the cooler days and cool nights. They will do fine if
we get any frosty mornings. If the weather should take a turn to winter
again they will just put in a better root system and when it warms up again
they will just take off and you will be very happy with the Spring show.
You can also put in flowering sweet peas in October and November.
They will winter over and you will get an early show in Spring. Be
sure to plant them in a sunny location and some may need some support.
Look for eatables such as:
FRENCH PETIT POIS (Baby Peas)
Darvon is a new elegant selection with extra sweet flavor; a
tiny, tender shelling
pea for gourmet fair. Darvon is a bush pea which would probably benefit from
a
little support to deep it from sprawling.
MAMMOTH MELTING (Snow Peas)
Vigorous vines produce 4 1/2 inch pods which are sweet, tender
and string less.
Prefers cool weather, and over winters in the Bay Area. Wilt resistant and high
yielding. To 4 - 5 ft.
SUPER SUGAR MEL (Sugar Snap Edible Pod)
The best and most productive of the Sugar Snaps. The pod walls
are thick,
sweet, and juicy. Harvest when the peas are well developed and round in the
pods. Super Sugar Mel is a new, heavy bearing variety with larger pods, more
heat
tolerance and resistant to powdery mildew. The dwarf plants require support.
To 2 - 3 ft.
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