Name Your Favourite Peas!

muntjac · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2007, 16:04 »

here ya go welly

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=2914&highlight=muntjacs+peas

philmay · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2007, 18:22 »

I have just sown 2 packets of Kelvedon Wonder peas in a 12 foot row just like MJ says. Never grown peas before (or anything for that matter!) as a newbie, I'm learning so much from this site. thanks to you all.

Puff · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2007, 18:51 »

Good 'ere innit philmay!

Thanks again for all the suggestions folks!

flowerlady · « **Reply #18 on:** March 11, 2008, 11:28 »

Hurst Green shaft fab flavour
Waverex petit pois lovely too

... and if you want a brilliantly different mage tout ... Carouby de Mausane huge and wide too yummy

GreenOwl · « **Reply #19 on:** March 11, 2008, 11:54 »

Best I've ever grown were a petit pois called 'Calibra'. They are lovely. I'm growing them again this year.

flowerlady · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2008, 11:57 »

This year I am also going to try Canoe ... almost leafless and lots of edible tendrils :shock:

paintedlady · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2008, 12:21 »

last year I grew batches of Kelvedon Wonder & Hurst Greenshaft. The KW produced peas a little earlier than the HG. Both were lovely tender & sweet, but I have to say I started to be swayed by the HG because you got more peas in the pod for the effort it took to take them out :roll:

Generally the diseases & pests were fairly low. I think it was probably some flea beetle action when the young plants had scalloped leaves but it was not too much a problem. Next - about 1-2% of the pods I harvested might have had a little greenish coloured grub inside. Actually, it might have been more but I didn't notice .... :oops: Finally, right towards the end of the season, the last batch of pea pods & plants got covered in a black/grey mould. I just put that down to the weather & back end of the year, so I wasn't too upset considering I had a very good pea season overall last year.

compostqueen · « **Reply #22 on:** March 11, 2008, 13:18 »

They grow Hursts G on our plots and the old guys swear by them. I did Kelvedon Wonder but didn't rate em much tastewise

Grew Progress No,9 last year and enjoyed them. I like mangetouts anorl - I think they're juicier. Carouby de Mausanne has lovely purple flowers

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