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Sugar snap pea recommendations

FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
in Fruit & veg
Morning All,

could anyone recommend a variety of sugar snap pea please. I grew a variety called Jenny this year and I’m so disappointed with it- it’s starchy and just not a pleasant flavour regardless of how young I pick them or how long I leave them! I’m so disappointed with them they are bound for the green bin even though they are still producing well. Thanks

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I find the same, @Flinster - and this year I was able to get a heritage variety which I remember growing successfully twenty years ago, called "Sugar Snap".  The flavour I recall was great - just right for eating raw as well as in stir fries etc - the only problem was the plants grew very tall, around 6 feet, and were prone to mildew.  (Mine are only about 2ft tall, because I had to sow them late.)  I believe that's why they're no longer commercially available here in Ireland, but I got mine from "Seed Savers" (actually based just down the road from me here).  

    This company in UK has them - there may be others...

    https://www.growseed.co.uk/pea-seeds/sugar-snap.html


     

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    thanks Liriodendron! They may be a bit tall for me as I have a small patch and it gets a bit windy here at times, but I’m glad to know there are decent varieties to be had! 😃
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    There's a good Alys Fowler blog about them here which may help:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Thanks Bob!
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I have had good results with Nairobi sugar snap peas, sweet, tender, delicious. A lot of it is weather dependent and picking them at the right moment - leave it too long and they are dull and tasteless.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • PlashingPlashing Posts: 328
    I got Crocus Oregon Sugar Snap peas from the R.H.S shop,I have two short rows and have had over A K.G. from  them already and still picking I put 420 g in the freezer,the taste is excellent the best I have ever had.
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Marvellous thank you Plashing!
  • FlinsterFlinster Posts: 883
    Thanks Nollie!
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