Peas
 

I have some early onward peas that are about ready for harvest. There
are about 20 plants, each with a good quantity of pods. 2 questions:
1. If I start picking these, will more flowers/pods appear ? Or is it a
one-stop harvest ?
2. Can these peas be frozen straight from the pod, or do I need to
cook/eat them straight away ? I'll have loads!

Peas
 

NC wrote:
I have some early onward peas that are about ready for harvest. There
are about 20 plants, each with a good quantity of pods. 2 questions:
1. If I start picking these, will more flowers/pods appear ? Or is it a
one-stop harvest ?
2. Can these peas be frozen straight from the pod, or do I need to
cook/eat them straight away ? I'll have loads!

Hiya NC. No, you won't get more flowers. You ought, next year, to plant
successive peas at about one week interval. I do this, and I get new
peas a week or two later after an initial harvest or harvests. Don't
freeze the peas with their pods. I've never seen nor heard of this
being done - but I freeze all my peas (off the pods) as I've got too
many to consume in one go. Some people blanch them first - boil them
quickly, cool then freeze. I freeze them directly then defrost and
cook. I also like them raw especially broadbeans and my problem is that
I consume vast quantities on the lotty and sometimes find I'm bringing
very little home :o)

Peas
 

"La Puce" wrote
NC wrote:
I have some early onward peas that are about ready for harvest. There
are about 20 plants, each with a good quantity of pods. 2 questions:

You ought, next year, to plant successive peas at about one week interval.


Hi. Is it too late to sow these peas now, for a late harvest?

Thanks.

Peas
 

"NC" wrote
I have some early onward peas that are about ready for harvest. There are
about 20 plants, each with a good quantity of pods. 2 questions:
1. If I start picking these, will more flowers/pods appear ? Or is it a
one-stop harvest ?
2. Can these peas be frozen straight from the pod, or do I need to
cook/eat them straight away ? I'll have loads!

1. No, it's a one stop harvest. Be careful how you pick them, use two hands,
or you can damage the plants.

2. Yes, pod them and put them in freezer bags in the quantity you use for
one meal (6/7oz for two ?), squeeze out all the air and freeze. No need to
blanch.

It's normal to make a 6 inch wide drill and plant three rows in that about 2
inches apart each way so you get a lot more than 20 plants per row.
(provided the mice don't get to them!!!)
We sometimes grow a second crop of early peas (Early Onward, Feltham First)
late in the season, planted about now, but they need plenty of water to keep
them growing through the heat and dryness of the summer.
We have given up with our tall main crop peas, it's just seems too hot and
dry here these days.

Of course timings depend where you are in the UK, and so does the dryness it
seems. :-(

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

Peas
 

Bob Hobden wrote:
"NC" wrote

I have some early onward peas that are about ready for harvest. There are
about 20 plants, each with a good quantity of pods. 2 questions:
1. If I start picking these, will more flowers/pods appear ? Or is it a
one-stop harvest ?
2. Can these peas be frozen straight from the pod, or do I need to
cook/eat them straight away ? I'll have loads!


1. No, it's a one stop harvest. Be careful how you pick them, use two hands,
or you can damage the plants.

2. Yes, pod them and put them in freezer bags in the quantity you use for
one meal (6/7oz for two ?), squeeze out all the air and freeze. No need to
blanch.

Really, no need ?? Everything that google came back with said blanch
them....

It's normal to make a 6 inch wide drill and plant three rows in that about 2
inches apart each way so you get a lot more than 20 plants per row.
(provided the mice don't get to them!!!)
We sometimes grow a second crop of early peas (Early Onward, Feltham First)
late in the season, planted about now, but they need plenty of water to keep
them growing through the heat and dryness of the summer.
We have given up with our tall main crop peas, it's just seems too hot and
dry here these days.

Of course timings depend where you are in the UK, and so does the dryness it
seems. :-(


This is my first year with a garden - and I'm learning all the
time....my main lesson so far is that I dont need, or have room for, 5
potato plants !
Thanks for the reply.