Sugarsnap peas cropping!
Friday, May 30th, 2008
The ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ (mange-tout variety) peas started flowering at the beginning of May and have recently started cropping. They’ve reached about a metre which is as high as they’ll get. Somewhere in there we also have Feltham First peas, but i didn’t label them so have no idea which plants are which. I suppose we’ll see once they start cropping too.
The problem i have is that everytime i walk past the peas, i take one or two off to eat, as they are so amazingly sweet. This means that we haven’t had enough to make a meal yet, but it shouldn’t be long.
I was told recently that peas stop cropping when it gets too warm, so i’m thinking that i need to plant some more in the guttering, in the cold frame, to go into the beds around mid July time. Although i think i’d be quite reluctant to take out still cropping plants, it would make sense to extend the season. If i replace half and leave half, then i would be able to see which method works better…i feel an experiment coming on…
