Best Peas for Fall/Winter Peas?

[GoDawgs]

Sabre is a 30-36” tall shelling pea that does well in hotter weather. I’ve grew it last year and like the flavor of Sabre better than Wando.

I might have to try some of those. Ordering is done for this spring but will make a note for next year.

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The sugar magnolia snap peas are tendril producing machines.

I’m already looking up pea tendril recipes.

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The sugar magnolia keep climbing.

[Tormato]

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The sugar magnolia snap peas are tendril producing machines.

I’m already looking up pea tendril recipes.

The deer will be looking for tendril recipes, too.

[karstopography]

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The sugar magnolia snap peas are tendril producing machines.

I’m already looking up pea tendril recipes.

The deer will be looking for tendril recipes, too.

Thank goodness those pests aren’t around my yard. Less than a mile away it’s a different story.

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The Sugar Magnolia are ahead of the Champion of England peas. Both have been taking off recently. The Sugar Magnolia are tendril producing machines.

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First pea blossom.

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More pea blossoms. First of the Champion of England.

Sugar Magnolia is up to about 6’, Champion of England a foot shorter.

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The Pea-dom. Have yet to harvest any, but they look pretty.

[Tormato]

For shoots and tips, Usui is my favorite variety. It grows very short, so it can be tucked into a small southern end of the garden. I've never tried the peas themselves. They are likely not tasty, as I've never heard a report of anyone eating them.

[karstopography]

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These are all Sugar Magnolia in spite of the majority having not a trace of purple. The pods are tender either way, the flowers all were purple.

I’ll call this a qualified success. The weather has not been favorable for these peas for a least two weeks. They suffered recently.

The Champion of England is the Failure of Texas. I don’t know if I’ll harvest a single pod. Plenty of pods, but peas inside seem to not be developing.

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These Sabre peas look way better despite being planted 1 month later and despite only 1/2 germinating.

[PlainJane]

Too bad about Champion of England.
Was that a shelling pea?

[karstopography]

Too bad about Champion of England.
Was that a shelling pea?

Yes

[bower]

How odd that the Sugar Magnolia are mainly green. Nice crop, all the same.

[Tormahto]

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These are all Sugar Magnolia in spite of the majority having not a trace of purple. The pods are tender either way, the flowers all were purple.

I’ll call this a qualified success. The weather has not been favorable for these peas for a least two weeks. They suffered recently.

The Champion of England is the Failure of Texas. I don’t know if I’ll harvest a single pod. Plenty of pods, but peas inside seem to not be developing. IMG_5894.jpeg

These Sabre peas look way better despite being planted 1 month later and despite only 1/2 germinating.

I wonder if Sugar Magnolia has segregated into different lines? I was sent Green Sugar Magnolia and Purple Sugar Magnolia, last fall. There are only 10 seeds of each. Likely being too late to send out to others, I'll plant about half and see what happens.

[karstopography]

I picked a couple more handfuls of Sugar Magnolia pods this morning. I’m not giving up on either of my tall peas. Cooler stretch of weather ahead. Sugar magnolia looks good either way and seems to have some resiliency. Definitely plan on planting that variety again come next cool season. I have some spring blush snap pea seed’s I’ll plant next cool season as well. Can see snap peas being a staple vegetable to come during the weeks before the green beans are available. All about timing and a little luck with the weather. I like the look of the tall varieties of these snap peas. Spring blush is supposed to be 5-6’.

[Tormahto]

I, too, like the tall plants. However, wind can have a very negative impact on them, here, both in vine damage, and plants bunching up downwind of the prevailing winds.

My solution is to have two parallel rows of "netting", set about 6 inches apart, all vines growing up between those two rows. The hand made netting is about 6 feet high, both horizontal and vertical strings set 6" apart, making for 6" X 6" grid openings, where hands can easily pass through, for cutting off with scissors, of pods.

The first year with netting was a single row. It didn't work very well as vines often grew away from the netting, with my having to constantly move them back to their rightful place.