Sugar Snap Pea Seed

The pods are as good as the peas inside. This is the go-to sugar snap pea of home gardeners for its productivity, reliability and consistently great sweet crunch. Tasty and tender-crisp pods are great raw, stir-fried or in salads. Harvest when the pod is round, shiny and bright green — that’s the height of flavor and tenderness, and the pods won’t require stringing. Trellising the vines will provide a bigger yield. A 1979 award winner (AAS). Photo courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seed.

• Days to germinate: 6-10
• Days to maturity: 65
• Start indoors: Not recommended
• Sow outdoors after last spring frost
• Seed spacing: 2-4”
• Seed depth: ½-1”
• Produce size: 2-1/2-3” long pods
• Yield: About 8 oz. per plant on average
• Mature plant height: 24”
• Suitable for container growing: No
• Year of discovery: Introduced in 1979