Description
Enjoy the sweet, crunchy flavor of 'Sugar Snap' snap peas, a classic variety that thrives on 6'–8' climbing vines. Awarded the All-America Selections title, 'Sugar Snap' offers an extended harvest of 3″ pods filled with plump, flavorful peas. These heat-tolerant plants grow best on poles or a trellis, making them ideal for gardeners with limited space or those looking for an easy-to-manage crop. The French call edible-podded peas “mange tout,” meaning “eat all,” and 'Sugar Snap' lives up to this name with its tender, delicious pods that can be eaten whole.
This packet sows up to 29 feet. 180 seeds in packet.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Pisum sativum
Days to Maturity: 70 days
Family: Fabaceae
Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 6'–8' vines
Variety Information: Sweet, crunchy, 3″ long edible pods with plump peas.
Type: Snap pea
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–80°F and again 10 to 12 weeks before your average first frost date. In Mild Climates, sow in fall or winter for winter harvest. Best grown in temperatures less than 85°F.
When to Start Inside: Not recommended.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: 1″
Seed Spacing: 2″
Row Spacing: 4'–6' apart
Thinning: Not required.
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Snap peas should be harvested when peas are plump; pick regularly to increase yield. Use scissors to harvest or hold vine with one hand and pick the pods with the other; vines are fragile.