Can anyone recommend varieties of beans and sugar snap/mangetout peas that
are truly stringless?

Thanks!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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Can anyone recommend varieties of beans and sugar snap/mangetout peas that
are truly stringless?



I can certainly recommend Oregon Sugar Pod. I grew a staggered double row
15' long on my allotment last year and I couldn't pick them fast enough. Eat
them young and there is not a trace of stringiness about them.

Though the tastiest bit of the plant in my opinion was the tops I pinched
off them. No wonder the pigeons like them so much.

Tom

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Steve Harris wrote:
Can anyone recommend varieties of beans and sugar snap/mangetout peas that
are truly stringless?

Almost all modern bean varieties are stringless, unless left too long
before picking. No snap/mangetout pea that I have tried has been
entirely so (and that includes Oregon Sugar Pod), unless picked so
young that they haven't developed much flavour.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Can anyone recommend varieties of beans and sugar snap/mangetout peas that
are truly stringless?

Any of them - just don't leave them on the vine too long.

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Any of them - just don't leave them on the vine too long.

Thanks. I think the problem I really have is that the crop goes from too
small to too big very fast. Mangetout peas move extremely fast on my plot:

20 April - Sow seed
25 June - First crop
15 July - Covered with powdery mildew

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

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(Rusty_Hinge) wrote:

Any of them - just don't leave them on the vine too long.

Thanks. I think the problem I really have is that the crop goes from too
small to too big very fast. Mangetout peas move extremely fast on my plot:

Pour treacle round the plants - that'll slow them down a bit.

Or use them for snap-shooting?

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Steve Harris wrote:
Can anyone recommend varieties of beans and sugar snap/mangetout peas that
are truly stringless?


Runner bean Desiree does well for me. It's white flowered.

Pam in Bristol