Purple Podded Peas (Saddad)

[Sparkly]

Just to let you know that they are doing great. I put them in late, but am now eating them as mangetout and they are lovely. Plants look very healthy with lots of lots of peas coming.

Thanks again

;D ;D ;D ;D

[Sparkly]

[saddad]

Excellent... and they attract loads of attention on Open Days...  ;D

[granny garden]

First time I have grown these. Excellent flavour & just a doddle to pick.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Mine got hammered by the pigeons, but they're producing pods now. No peas yet. Salmon-Flowered got eaten as well, but they've recovered particularly well.

[saddad]

My salmon were a bit of a wash out this year, and the Lancashire Lad even worse.. It can't be the rain, not if it grows in Lancashire...  :-X

[Sparkly]

Which are the salmon-flowered ones?

[saddad]

Another HSL pea... quite short about 4-5' for me... all the flowers together in bunches at the top...



Dried peas are a lovely fawn with red speckles...

[Sparkly]

They look different, what is the yield like?

[manicscousers]

we've got lots of pods on the ones we bought from you, saddad.. growing for seed this year :)

[saddad]

Usually OK but not as good as our Purple podded...  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm getting lots of small pods on the Salmon-Flowered. Lancashire Lad isn't doing so well for me either; I blame the pigeons. None of my other varieties is doing as much as I'd hoped either.

[Sparkly]

I am going to try and save some of the purple ones.  ;D

[Sparkly]

Picked today!  ;D

The plants got a powdery mildew so I pulled them up and made a big harvest. Will have to try and save seeds next year, but got a reasonable crop.

[saddad]

It's great when you get 9 in a pod isn't it...  :)

[Sparkly]

It's great when you get 9 in a pod isn't it...  :)

Quite alot had 10!

:)

[saddad]

 :o Don't think I've ever had ten in a Purple Podded...  :'(

[Sparkly]

Ooo I must have done okay then. I have blanched and frozen them. They look a bit 'anaemic', but hopefully they will taste good!

[saddad]

They are greyer than standard peas... good in cooking but a bit chewy for use like packet frozen peas as a side dish..  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

They're the old-fashioned peas used for pease pudding and the like. They're starchier and more filling than marrowfats, so they're ideal for anything savoury.