Oregon Sugar Pod is a tall growing mangetout type producing really large broad flat pods. For the sweetest flavour, pick when the peas are just forming in the pod. The plant will grow to a height of 100cm.
any young people today have never seen a pea-pod and only recognise peas if they come out of a plastic bag! We think this is a sad state of affairs because when grown fresh, peas are a totally different vegetable to those that are frozen. To get the sweetest flavour, peas are best cooked when picked young and cooked within 30 minutes of harvest, before the sugar has turned to starch.
Specifications
Key Features
Culture • Peas are a hardy cool-season crop that can be grown in a variety of soil types • Side dress plants with 1 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer and 1/2 cup bone meal per 10 row feet • Climbing varieties should be trellised • Most bush-type vines can be supported on a short trellis or allowed to grow as a mound • Environmental stress, such as prolonged hot weather or lack of moisture, will reduce yields • Extend your harvest through multiple sowings
Direct Sowing • Peas may be sown as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring • Cool temperatures lead to slow and erratic germination • Sow peas in July for a fall crop • In mild climates you can overwinter