I have a question for all you experienced vegetable gardeners.

[Diamond_Dog]

Mr. Diamond has planted a backyard vegetable garden every spring for over 30 years. For certain every year he plants several varieties of tomatoes and Hungarian hot wax peppers. In years past, we’ve also grown cucumbers, zucchini, green beans, sweet peppers, lettuces, spinach, chard, and potatoes, but never snap peas. We thought we’d like to try snap peas this year.

We perused the Burpee catalog and decided that Super Snappy sounded like what we want. (low growing, with edible pods). He looked on the Burpee website this afternoon and the reviews for Super Snappy weren’t stellar.

My question is … have you ever grown snap peas and what was your experience with them? What variety did you plant? We’re looking for peas that can be grown inside a tomato cage, with edible pods for stir fries or just snacking on.

We live in NE Ohio in USDA Hardiness Zone 6.

Thank you for any input you may have!

[pwb]

1. My Nana grew them. She had them growing

on a trellis. They are like beans but you have to open them to get the peas. I enjoyed it but much work for that great flavor.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. Get the sugar snap peas. You eat the whole

thing.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Yes, that's what we're looking for. Thank you

[Diamond_Dog]

7. I'm looking for edible pods so I don't have to do all that shelling. 🙂

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. Grew them in Milwaukee when we had a

summer place there. I grow them in Florida so I plant them in February. I just sprinkle the seeds in the soil and cover them per pkg directions. Key is to keep the soil wet until they sprout. I planted mine early March and they are a foot tall! Full sun and something for them to climb. Easy Peasy. Have fun!

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Do you remember what variety you grew? TY MOMFUDSKI

[splat]

4. Peas galore

We grow Oregon Sugar Snap, Cascadia and Snowbird, after soaking overnight, on a truly ratty, by now, cheap garden trellis netting and have bumper crops. Unless you grow short vines you'll have a collision at the top of tomato cages. Better to string the netting between bamboo poles. We're in former zone 6, now 7a in southern New England.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. TY splat - I'll look into the Oregon. I remember seeing them in the catalog.

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[wendyb-NC]

5. Sugar snap peas are great.

You can eat the whole pod and peas.

Versatile, they can be eaten cooked or raw. When my children were 5-9 they would go out to the garden and graze on the sugar snaps.

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. We love them raw.

But they stir fry great.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Do you remember what variety you grew? TY Wendy-NC

[Emile]

12. We have grown them and they taste better than store bought.

We used tomato cages that I made from a roll of fencing I bought at Menards.

[Diamond_Dog]

13. Thank you, Emile!

That’s a great idea.