Be sure to plow under this entire plant after harvesting its big crop of peas.
Super sugar snap peas trellis.
Choose powdery mildew resistant varieties.
Pea super sugar snap.
Department of agriculture hardiness zones 2 to 11.
Super sugar snap is a legume so it will help fix nitrogen in the soil.
Taller peas can be supported with a tower or trellis netting.
But the vines of many sugar snap pea varieties can reach five to six feet in height making a sturdy support structure an absolute necessity.
Super snappy peas pisum sativum are a sugar snap pea cultivar that grows pods that each contain up to 10 peas.
Sugar snap peas are among my favorite garden crops.
The best time to install a trellis is at planting time.
Plant the seeds 1 inch deep and about a foot apart in healthy soil.
These sweet crunchy peas which you eat pod and all are best fresh but can also be cooked canned and frozen.
Sugar snap peas are fully edible pea pods that you can easily grow in a few months.
The plant produces thick full size ever so sweet snap peas sweeter than famous sugar snap and delectable in salads or appetizers and earlier more productive and hardier.
How to build a trellis for sugar snap peas.
Native to eurasia and a staple of many vegetable gardens peas thrive in u s.
Their sweet crunch is hard to resist.
How to build and utilize a trellis for sugar snap peas so that you can successfully grow and support your sugar snap peas to harvest and enjoy.
Set supports for vining varieties prior to planting.
If you just can t get enough try adding some super snappy pea plants to your fall garden which produce the largest of all sugar snap pea pods.
Peas are also ideal as a fall crop started in late summer.
A sugar snap pea is a true delight to pick right out of the garden and eat fresh.
Suspend the bottom of the trellis or chicken wire just above the young plants.
To conserve space and simplify harvesting sow in double rows with a trellis between rows.
I needed a fast trellis so that i could get my fall crop of sugar snap peas planted and didn t want to spend any money.
Normal row spacing is 4 6 for trellised peas.
Harvest when peas enlarge in the pods.
While bush type peas.
This member of the fabaceae family develops 32 inch long vines that don t require.
Sow about 2 months before frost.
Today i share five of my favorite sugar snap pea trellis ideas.