Excellent Heirloom snap peas from the Amish community
Amish sugar snap pea is a heirloom sugar snap pea variety said to originate from the Amish community in the US with a sweet and crisp flavour. Vines can grow 5-6 feet so it is advised to use a treillis. The plant develop translucent green pods that can grow to 2". Seeds grown and seed saved in Cork, Ireland.
Scientific Name: Pisum sativum
Plant Life Cycle: annual
Optimal Germination Temperature: 15 °C
Germination time in days: 7-14 days
Indicative Days to maturity: 65 days
Sunlight: full sun
Soil requirement: well drained, non acidic
Sowing and cultivation: Direct sow outdoors 1"deep, 2" apart in early spring when soil temperature reaches 7C. Plant row apart 24". Suitable for succession planting for a continuous harvest
