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I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is
Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. Bob |
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zxcvbob said:
I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. With snow peas, pick them when they have reached their full size, before the immature peas have become any more than tiny bumps. Let them go to far and they will get tough and stringy. -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:15:17 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote: I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. I would NOT wait until I can see peas bulging the pods. I think they'd be tough by then. I'd pick them as soon as they were about 3 inches long. Pat |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:25:49 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote: While some people say the immature peas are the sweetest, I do not find that to be the case. I wait until they fill out a bit, actually quite a bit. Take a chance and try one a bit early. What do you have to lose? That way you will calibrate yourself quickly. Bill Bill, these are snowpeas - did you possibly not realize that? Pat |
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:15:17 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote: I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. I tend to go with Bill's method. Different varieties [and different years?] will be different. I also usually plant 2 varieties in hope that one will like this years weather than the other. Try them as soon as you dare, [I start as soon as I can see a trace of bumps in the pod] but leave a few to see if they are getting better or worse as they mature- adjust for your taste. Jim |
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Repeating Decimal wrote:
in article , Pat Meadows at wrote on 6/23/03 4:58 AM: On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:25:49 GMT, Repeating Decimal wrote: While some people say the immature peas are the sweetest, I do not find that to be the case. I wait until they fill out a bit, actually quite a bit. Take a chance and try one a bit early. What do you have to lose? That way you will calibrate yourself quickly. Bill Bill, these are snowpeas - did you possibly not realize that? Pat I do not know what you mean. Is the name pertinent? What are the properties of snow peas that I should know? Nill According to the book I have, "Rodale's All-new Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening," snow peas produce flat pods that you can eat either raw or cooked. Snap peas are eaten either as young flat pods or after the peas have grown, and are fat and juicy in the pods. -- Susan N. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not. |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:58:06 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote: While some people say the immature peas are the sweetest, I do not find that to be the case. I wait until they fill out a bit, actually quite a bit. Take a chance and try one a bit early. What do you have to lose? That way you will calibrate yourself quickly. Bill Bill, these are snowpeas - did you possibly not realize that? Pat I do not know what you mean. Is the name pertinent? What are the properties of snow peas that I should know? Snow peas - often used in Asian cooking - are the type of peas where you eat the whole pod. Not sugar snaps - you eat the whole pod in them too, but with developed peas inside. When you buy snow peas, you're buying a flat pod with sometimes tiny little peas inside, but they're barely visible. Judging from snow peas that I've purchased (and grown - a long time ago), when the peas inside are fully developed, the pods are tough and stringy - not something you'd want to eat. Pat |
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zxcvbob writes:
I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. I'm growing Goliath peas this year. They're supposed to be an either-or -- eat them as snow peas or shell them out. One catalog said to pick them flat, and another said to let them fill out first, so I tried the latter. Way too stringy. I even pulled as many strings as possible off the second batch, but it wasn't enough. So I'd say you'd better pick them before the peas start to bulge, although you could leave a few to get fuller and see how they do. These Goliaths grew very nicely and are producing well, but I think I'll use them for shell peas next year and grow some true snow peas for eating whole. -- Aaron |
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In article ,
zxcvbob wrote: I'm growing snow peas this year for the first time. I think the variety is Oregon Early Giant, or something like that. When do I pick them? As soon as the pods are almost 3 inches long, or do I let them fill out just a little -- where I can see the immature peas bulging the pods? Thanks. Bob Oregons have always been one of my favorite and most productive snow peas. They are prolific here in 5b Missouri if we get them in very early (like end of Feb if the ground can be worked). They can and do get huge (and tough) if you let them. I also like to pick them when they are about 3-4 inches. In the past we grew them closely spaced in double rows about a foot apart in long informal raised beds so they kind of support each other. They grow very densely, that way, fully covering a four-foot wide bed to a height of maybe a foot and one half at their peak. But picking is not so easy that way so we may start double trellising them instead. We are open for ideas. |
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