Forum home› Fruit & veg
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Best tasting early peas

VerdunVerdun Posts: 23,348
in Fruit & veg
Im always looking for the sweetest tastiest early peas. ..meteor, Hurst green shaft, etc. growing Mangetout this time too. Will be sowing very soon so which are the tastiest peas folks?
«13

Posts

  • ladygardener2ladygardener2 Posts: 371

    It always has to be Hurst Greenshaft for me. I've tried others but these gave me the sweetest peas I've tasted. They are good heavy croppers too. They were recommended to me by a friend on another forum and I've grown them sometimes with others and sometimes just on their own. From now on it'll be on their own unless something very special comes along.

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    I enjoy all the one's grown in my garden, so much so, most never make it to the kitchen. They're fairly bog standard one's though - Pea's Early Onwards, Sugar Snap, mangetout - Delikata and for the first time last year - Purple Pea.

    Apart from the latter the others grew well from seeds sown early March, must be the soil and being sheltered but pea's and beans do really well in my garden. We had a couple of very chilly nights too after they were planted out mid April. The latter fared better from seeds sown in April and planted out when the seedlings were ready. Pea's Early Onward and the Sugar Snap variety me thinks were frost hardy.

    They were ready to pick early July, as I was eating them before I went on my  jollies, very tastyimage

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,975

    I grow Kelvedon Wonder as the seeds are easy to find here in France, but they are called "Merveille de Kelvedon" and Greenshaft when I remember to buy the seeds on trips to England. I will be growing a French variety of Mangetout peas this year as well.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • CHERYL EVANSCHERYL EVANS Posts: 1

    I HAVE NOW GIVEN UP ON PEAS DUE TO MAGGOTS , AND SO ONLY GROW MANGE TOUTS AND DWARF BEANS . JUST THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LET OTHERS KNOW JUST INCASE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND SOMETHING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NOTHING. !!!!!!!

  • LeggiLeggi Posts: 489
    Sorry I'm a bit late with my question, is the pea moth a common problem and do you just cover at flowering time to stop them? I'm also going to be growing Hurst Greenshaft but it's the first time for me.
  • LeggiLeggi Posts: 489
    Excellent, cheers Verdun. I hadn't known there was a potential problem until I read this thread, so thanks for that too.
  • PentilliePentillie Posts: 411
    Hurst Greenshaft has always proved totally reliable for me at my allotment. In three years of growing them I have had probably only half a dozen pods affected by maggots - my freezer contains enough saved peas to see me through to the following harvest. Whether it's the area I live in ( 400 feet up in the Chilterns ), or sheer luck, I have never been bothered by pests on the peas - I certainly don't spray against moths. Have tried other varieties but none are anywhere near as productive or certain in germination. Taste is as good as anything else around, so give them a go Verdun!
Sign In or Register to comment.