RHS Vegetable Collection : Pea : Garden : Misty

Vegetable

• Ideal for : Children
• Height : 24 inches

Description

First Early.

Pea Misty is an outstanding variety, producing a heavy crop of 7-8cm (3-3½ inch) blunt pods, borne mainly in pairs against bright green foliage, filled with succulent tasty peas. Pea Misty flowers and sets pods over a very long cropping period.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Sowing Instructions

Ideal for successional sowings. Sow seeds March to early June. Harvest June to August. Sow seeds 5cm (2in) deep in flat bottomed drills, spacing seeds about 2.5-5cm apart, in rows 60cm (24in) apart. Germination and establishment may be poor in cold, wet soils or from earliest sowings.

Growing Instructions

When plants are 10cm (4in) tall provide twiggy stocks or netting for support.

Aftercare

The peas will be ready to pick around 11 weeks from sowing, and regular picking will encourage further cropping. Net against pigeons, which can be a problem in may areas, and cover with muslin just before flowering to avoid attack by pea moth

Kitchen Notes

Serve in a cream, wine or lemon sauce with onions, carrots or celery. Bumper crop over an extended period.