asparagus pea & celtuce

[adrianhumph]

 Hi all,
           I have seen these in the kings seed catalogue, have any of you any experience of growing, & more importantly ,eating them ???

                                                                           Adrian.

                                                                 

[adrianhumph]

[manicscousers]

tried celtuce last year, trouble is, too many slugs, not enough time, will try again this year  :)

[tlc]

I tried asparagus peas a couple of years ago and they tasted really, really bleugh!  Honestly would not advice spending any money on these.

[Barnowl]

I was thinking of growing them too. Saw this in an article about them:

"Pods need to be picked when they are just one to two inches long (or a day or two after the flowers fade). Otherwise, they become too fibrous to be eaten."

The full article is at http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/kitchen/2004su_asparaguspea.html

[saddad]

I grew Asparagus Pea once and you really do need to pick them small... novelty shape and very decorative plants though... hope to grow a few this year as Ornamentals... would need loads to get enough to eat every other day!
::)

[Merry Tiller]

Pods need to be picked when they are just one to two inches long

Even this small they taste like cardboard

[Emagggie]

Agreed.

[jennym]

Tried asparagus pea here too, complete waste of time apart from the pretty flowers. The pods are so small when in an edible state that you probably use more calories picking them than you get from eating them.

[Tinkie_Bear]

I grew asparagus peas this year and enjoyed the flavour but agree they must be eaten before the peas inside the pods form or they are awfull!  Adrian, I have some saved sead if you would like a couple to try ..

Helen

[Georgie]

I agree with what others have said.  I grew asparagus peas last year but never again - even picked small they were tasteless with an unpleasant consistency.   :(

G x

[cornykev]

 :D :D :D  So is everone agreed there CRAP?  :P :P :P :P :P :'( :'(

[kt.]

Never tried it, but after reading these reviews - I never will!  :-X  :P :-X

[cleo]

Celtuce is OK-need I say more?

[angle shades]

agreed Cleo :)/shades x

[Doris_Pinks]

I triple that!

[Merry Tiller]

Celtuce is OK-need I say more?

Yes ???

[adrianhumph]

Hi all,  :D
               Thanks to everyone for their comments on these 2, thanks also to T B  for the seed offer  ;) (thanks but no thanks)  I guess I have saved a few bob by asking the question, needless to say they are not now on my shopping list. They sounded so good in the seed catalogue 8)  any one else been fooled by the spiel intended to make you buy?

                         Adrian.

[Barnowl]

They're off my list too :)