Sugar and Shelling Peas
This year I planted two varieties of peas: Little Marvel, a bush variety; and Oregon Sugar Pod, a trailing variety. I have never tried growing peas in containers before, so here is my progress thus far.
This is a trailing variety that grows to about 3 feet. I decided to try this in a hanging basket to make use of the vertical space on my small patio. It has started to blossom, so hopefully I’ll be picking and eating sugar peas soon! Some of the leaves are yellowing & I’m not sure if it requires a feeding or if it was getting too much rain last week. I’ll try a feeding when I water them tomorrow and see what happens. It has been slower than the suggested 75 days to harvest.
Jun 12 (day 79)
May 27 (day 63)
May 13 (day 49)
May 5 (day 41)
Apr 15 (day 21)
Mar 25 (day 1)
This is a bush variety of shelling pea that is meant to grow in a nice, compact manner in a container. I’ve provided a tomato cage for additional support as some of the branches are floppy. After a slower start and having to re-seed sections of the pot several times, these peas seem to be doing well in the container. It has also been slower than the suggested 76 days to harvest, but that is likely due to the need to re-seed.
Jun 12 (day 79)
May 18 (day 54)
May 13 (day 49)
May 5 (day 41)
Apr 27 (day 33)
Apr 18 (day 24)
Apr 12 (day 18)
Mar 25 (day 1)
