PEAS 5 s/g
Peas like cool weather with best crops being picked in spring, but they can be grown at other times in cool areas. They do not like cold wet soils. Fertilisers rich in phosphates will assist in obtaining good crops. Sow 5 cm deep, 2.5 cm apart, with 60 cm between rows. Best sown May to Nov (cold): Feb to Aug (temp) and April to July (trop). We highly recommend using Powdery Mildew resistant varieties when growing conditions are warm and humid.
SHELLING TYPES: (Pisum sativum sativum).
1810: Greenfeast
Metre tall plants with heavy crops of fine flavoured peas. Requires a low trellis. The most widely grown garden cultivar.
1811: Sommerwood
A prolific Powdery Mildew resistant variety that is capable of producing good crops in warmer and humid conditions where others fail, as well as in traditional sowing periods. Plants to 75cm. Each pods contains 8-9 peas.
1809: Super Gem
Powdery Mildrew resitant suited to growing in warmer and more humid conditions. Pods to 13cm with up to 11 peas per pod.
1814: Telephone
This old favourite is our tallest cultivar (2 m.+) with huge well filled pods of large tasty peas. Must be grown on a trellis.
1815: William Massey
Short 45 cm. plants are quick maturing. Ideal for May to August sowings (cold).
SNAP PEA: (Pisum sativum sativum).
1812: Sugar Bon
Short plants with good crops of plump 7 cm pods. Resists Powdery Mildew.
1817: Sugar Snap Tall
Heavy yields of good sized pods. Plants to 2 metres. Requires a trellis.
SNOW PEAS
1818: Mammoth Sugar
Two metre plants with heavy crops of succulent 10 cm pods. Must be trellised.
1813: Oregon Giant
Large podded cultivar with the sweetest taste on medium size plants. Pods 13 x 3 cm. Resists Powdery Mildew and Common Wilt.
1816: Oregon Sugar Pod
Short bush, white flowers and prolific crops of flat 10 cm. pods. Highly tolerant of Powdery Mildew.