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Sugar Snap Snap Pea Seeds

Sugar Snap Snap Pea Seeds

$5.99
$5.99
~40.0 g (~140 seeds)
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Type: Organic Large Packet

Product Details

Snap peas are best eaten fresh and there's nothing like picking them right off the vine. The French call edible podded peas mange tout meaning "eat all." An All-America Selections award winner, 'Sugar Snap' provides an extended harvest of thick, crunchy 3" pods filled with flavorful peas. Vines tolerate some heat. Grow climbing 6'–8' vines on poles or a trellis.
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  • Variety Info
  • Sowing Info
  • Growing Info

Variety Info

Days to Maturity: 70 days

Family: Fabaceae

Type: Snap Pea (Learn more)

Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual

Exposure: Full sun

Plant Dimensions: 6'–8' vines

Variety Info: Sweet, crunchy, 3" long edible pods with plump peas.

Attributes: Heat Tolerant, Frost Tolerant

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.