Tag: Pea

The canning process makes the colour a dull khaki so if they are a vibrant green, chances are a colouring has been added. You can also test whether your frozen peas have been dyed. How do you know when peas are spoiled? Although not a perfect test, your nose and eyes ares usually the most […]

The French Peas are a group of peas who appear as supporting characters in the VeggieTales franchise. As their name suggests, they hail from France and speak in broken French accents. What is French pea? A French PEA refers to a Plan d’Epargne en Actions, which is a tax-efficient investment wrapper for residents of France. […]

Peas are such a rewarding vegetable to grow. They are one of the earliest crops to mature in the spring and you can use them in all kinds of dishes. In fact, you can eat them right off the vine as a snack in the garden. And since they are legumes, they are as good […]

The young shoots and leaves are edible, and can be eaten raw in salads, or cooked as a pot herb. We brought home a bag full of young beach pea shoots and lightly sautéed them for a delicious vegetable side dish. Which peas are toxic? Abrus precatorius beans (also known as rosary peas or jequirity […]

Sweet peas will keep flowering if you pick the flowers regularly – a good excuse to have some beautiful flowers in your home. Remember- sweet pea seed pods look similar to edible pea pods but they are poisonous and must not be eaten. Are sweet peas related to edible peas? Sweet peas and edible peas […]

Purple Hull peas, botanically classified as Vigna unguiculate, are a subspecies of the cowpea, which is a legume that belongs to the Fabaceae family. What are purple hull peas called? Vigna unguiculata subsp. Purplehull peas, also referred to as “Purple Hull” peas, are a very popular category of Southern peas. Are there different types of […]

While both are legumes, split peas and lentils come from different varieties of legumes. Split peas are a type of field pea, which is a pea grown specifically for drying, while lentils are their own type of legume, harvested as the seed of the plant and dried. Are green peas a lentil? Once dried, the […]

Field pea is a cool-season grain legume from the diverse Pisum genus, grown in over 100 countries for dry or fresh seed and fodder. What are field peas considered? So what are field peas? They are technically beans and have little in common with green English peas. Field peas are cowpeas, so named because they […]

Field pea plants mature from the bottom to the top, and are near maturity when the bottom 30% of pods are ripe, the middle 40% of pods and vines are yellow-coloured, and the upper 30% pods are turning yellow. This is the stage to swath or desiccate if either of these harvest methods is chosen. […]

In addition to their stellar fiber content, dried peas also feature other heart-healthy nutrients. They are a good source of potassium, which may decrease the growth and development of blood vessel plaques and is also good for lowering high blood pressure. Are field peas healthy? Field peas (Pisum sativum) are high in protein, starch, fiber, […]

Between 60-70 days, green pods are useful for fresh eating, like snap beans, when they have just “plumped up.” At this stage the pods are edible, or they can be shelled and the tender young peas eaten like edamame. Can you cook black-eyed peas in the pod? Yellow pods The yellow pod stage is ideal […]

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The soil should be able to retain moisture, but not pool water as this can rot the roots. Peas have deep roots and are well suited to container-growing if the container is at least 8 inches deep when filled with soil. How deep do roots on pea plants go? Sign up below and I’ll send […]

In fact, Southern field peas — of which the purple-hull variety is one and the better-known black-eyedblack-eyedThe black-eyed pea or black-eyed bean is a legume grown around the world for its medium-sized, edible bean. It is a subspecies of the cowpea, an Old World plant domesticated in Africa, and is sometimes simply called a cowpea. […]

The leaves lose their color and they won’t produce any more peas no matter how often you harvested them. This is just the snow pea life cycle. Then, it’s time to sow new peas. Do snap peas keep producing? Peas will produce as long as vines are healthy and temperatures stay cool. Mulching soil helps […]

Research suggests that broiler chickens can tolerate up to 20% of field peas in their diets. Up to 40% can be used if the diets are supplemented with the enzyme pectinase and the diets formulated to 15% higher than NRC recommendations. Peas, as with other legumes, are low in methionine. What kind of peas do […]

Companion Planting with Sugar Snap Peas Some vegetables that grow well alongside peas are radishes, spinach, lettuce, and other early greens. Cucumbers and potatoes are also good companion plants for peas. But try to keep peas away from garlic or onions. They just don’t like to be planted near them. What can you not plant […]

Though bush peas are only 2 to 3 feet tall, they will flop on the ground if you don’t give them something to climb on. Climbing peas may reach 6 to 8 feet tall and they need a sturdy trellis. Peas climb with 1″ tendrils that they wrap around anything that’s less than about a […]

Pea ‘Avola’ ‘Avola’ is hardy first early pea. It’s a compact variety, reaching just 60cm tall, so it’s ideal for growing in containers and small gardens, where it will yield impressive crops of tender pods containing up to eight sweet and succulent peas. Surplus crops freeze particularly well. What type of peas grow the fastest? […]

Snap peas need to climb to grow, so you need to have a support system in place. Pea trellises are widely available at garden centers, but I used an upside down tomato cage and it worked extremely well. This is my favorite hack for growing sugar snap peas in containers! Do sugar snap peas need […]