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Garden peas are best when slightly
immature - when fully mature they become hard and loose the
sweet taste. Harvesting them early also encourages them to
produce more. As a guide, peas are normally ready for harvest
three weeks after flowering. Peas quickly loose their flavour
after harvesting, so pick them just before they are required for cooking.
The peas at the bottom of the plant will tend to be ready first, so
begin harvesting here, working up as time progresses. When the
plant stops producing peas, cut the top of the plant off and
leave the roots in the ground to compost for next year. Varieties
Type
Variety
Comment
First
Early
Kelvedon
Wonder
Height
60cm (2ft), can also be used in place of maincrop
variety. Vigorous and reliable cropper - RHS Award
Second
early
Hurst
Green Shaft
Height 75cm (2.5ft), great taste, good disease resistance. Click on the left
for a picture.
Maincrop
Onward
Height
90cm (3ft), very prolific.
Mangetout
Delikett
Height
90cm (3ft), delicious, RHS Award
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Date posted: August 12, 2011 - 12:32 am
Message: My garden peas seemed to be florishing well with pods forming and starting to fill However the leaves have started forming whiteish blotches on them and today one of the plants has started to die. Have i got a problem?
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Date posted: August 07, 2011 - 10:09 am
Message: What are some pea varieties that grow in zone 9? Even in winter, our temps sometimes exceed 75 degrees. Inquiry from Seguin, TX
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Date posted: August 06, 2011 - 05:09 am
Message: I have found clumps of round white eggs? in the soil around the roots when taking my peas out of the ground. What are they and how do i get rid of them?