Produces distinctive purple podded sugar snap peas on tall vines. Sweet flavour that is best if picked before the pods get too big; also sweet when immature. Vines typically 150-180cm tall. Tendrils help secure plant to support.
A popular market garden and pick-your-own crop. Sugar snap & mange-tout varieties command a good premium and are popular with the restaurant trade. Sales of ‘Pea tips’ and ‘in the pod’ products have also been gaining popularity recently. We are also able to supply seed for loose seed shop sales to the home gardener. 3,000-6,000 seeds per kg. Germinates at 5-25°C. Sow from March to June (November for overwintering varieties). Sowing rate 150-190kg per hectare. Spacing 2.5-7.5cm x 60-120cm. Harvest from early May onwards.
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Moles Seeds (UK) Ltd, Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 8PD, United Kingdom. Company Reg No: 6301851