Shelling Peas

No trellising is needed for these 20” vines. 120 seeds/oz.; 1,920 seeds/lb.; 85 lbs./acre. 7 days, 60-70°F. Our Certified Organic Laxton's Progress #9 Shelling Pea produces 4-5” pointed, dark-green pods with 7 to 9 peas per pod.

Lincoln shelling pea is your best choice for freezing. 120 seeds/oz.; 1,920 seeds/lb.; 85 lbs./acre. 7 days, 60-70°F. Produces 6-9 peas per pod. Lincoln stands the heat and resists wilt.

Most bush-type vines can be supported on a short trellis or allowed to grow as a mound. Especially easy to grow in cool seasons. Pyrethrin should be applied at seedling stage if leaf scalloping is observed.

Sow peas in July for a fall crop. Neem Concentrate or Greencure. For the best nutrition and flavor, grow your own crops. Peas may be sown as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring.

Snap peas are the most productive of all the types of peas. Side dress plants with 1 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer and 1/2 cup bone meal per 10 row feet. Especially easy to grow in cool seasons.

Plant in cold frames, containers, the garden and hydroponic systems. 7 days, 60-70°F. (8-12″) Tom Thumb was introduced to the US in 1855, and is still the shortest, cold hardiest pea (20°F) available.

High in vitamin C and niacin, they are most nutritious when fresh and briefly cooked. A hard-working crop, they improve the soil, fixing nitrogen that will feed future crops. Store at 36°F and 95% humidity HR indicates high resistance.

Most bush-type vines can be supported on a short trellis or allowed to grow as a mound. Especially easy to grow in cool seasons. Pyrethrin should be applied at seedling stage if leaf scalloping is observed.

Sow peas in July for a fall crop. The easy shelling 3-4 inch pods fill out nicely with tender green peas, unmatched for fresh eating. Neem Concentrate or Greencure. For the best nutrition and flavor, grow your own crops.

If you are looking for a top-of-the-line shelling pea for fresh eating and processing, Serge is the one! With unrivaled uniformity, color and disease resistance, this variety will provide a wave of sweet, tender peas in 3 1/2 inch pods.

Snap peas are the most productive of all the types of peas. Side dress plants with 1 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer and 1/2 cup bone meal per 10 row feet. Especially easy to grow in cool seasons.

Harvest when peas enlarge in the pods.Choose powdery mildew resistant varieties. For best yields ensure adequate fertility and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Adjust pH with ground limestone or wood ashes before planting, ideally in the fall.

Medium sized pea plant with super sweet peas. This is a very early pea that bears large crops of pods that hold 6 to 7 plump peas. The sweetest pea pods you can grow in the garden.

Plant the first sowing in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Packet: 250 seeds.Peas are a cool weather crop. Sow about 2 months before frost. Or Aphanomyces euteiches) which causes browning and drying of the foliage from the ground up.

For taller varieties use a trellis net or chicken wire to keep vines upright, easy to pick and off the ground where they are less likely to rot if rainy weather coincides with harvest.

For taller varieties use a trellis net or chicken wire to keep vines upright, easy to pick and off the ground where they are less likely to rot if rainy weather coincides with harvest.

For taller varieties use a trellis net or chicken wire to keep vines upright, easy to pick and off the ground where they are less likely to rot if rainy weather coincides with harvest.

For taller varieties use a trellis net or chicken wire to keep vines upright, easy to pick and off the ground where they are less likely to rot if rainy weather coincides with harvest.

Harvest when peas enlarge in the pods.Choose powdery mildew resistant varieties. For best yields ensure adequate fertility and a pH of 6.0-7.5. Adjust pH with ground limestone or wood ashes before planting, ideally in the fall.

Midsummer pickings are not as prolific as earlier harvests. Plant the first sowing in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Suspend the bottom of the trellis net or chicken wire just above the young plants.

A late-maturing variety. A favorite home garden variety! Climbs a 6-8 foot trellis. The huge pods, each filled with 6-8 peas, are easy to harvest and shell. Alderman's large peas have that finest-of-all flavor and the plant allows many pickings.

A favorite home garden variety! An excellent sweet garden pea variety. Excellent variety that is ideal for shelling and eating fresh. Peas do well in the cool temperatures of spring and fall.

Traditionally as a winter dish the peas would be soaked overnight and then pan fried with onions and bacon – yum! Give support to 6′ high. Dutch heirloom blue podded Pea highly regarded for hundreds of years.