How to Plant Snow Peas

Snow peas belong to the legume family and have a very sweet taste. Due to the sweet taste, they often are called sugar peas. Snow peas can be eaten on their own or added to a variety of dishes, including pot pies and stir-fry dishes. To plant peas, you should complete the following steps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Plant the snow peas early. You need to plant the seeds for the peas as soon as the soil in your garden can be worked. Snow peas are a cool weather crop.

2. Pick a spot with full sun. You want an area with full sun, but the area should also have some shade in order to keep the crop cool in warmer temperatures.

3. Test the soil quality. Although snow peas can thrive in almost any type of soil condition, the soil should have good drainage. The snow peas like moist conditions, but over-saturated soil will cause rot.

4. Dig holes that are 2 inches deep. You need to plant the snow peas in holes that are 2 inches deep and at least 3 inches apart.

5. Place the seeds in rows 3 feet apart. You also want to place a fence at least 3 feet high between the rows to provide support for the plants.

Tips & Warnings

• You can do a fall planting as well with snow peas. Although this can be tricky if there is an early frost.
• You must rotate your snow pea crop annually. This prevents the roots of the plants from rotting.

[FranFluker]

on 10/22/2008 I live in middle Georgia,and want to know if it is too late to try to plant a snow/sugar pea crop now in late October... it's still very warm in the middle of the day, but nights are cool (upper 40's and 50's) so I wonder if I should wait till it gets cooler and hope they will rest underground until spring, or try to get results before frost - which could be as late as mid-december? Also wondering where I can get the seeds?