Cascadia Sugar Snap Peas Planting Instructions

Sugar snap peas make a nutritious snack or side dish.

Sugar snap peas may be the climbing variety that climbs a fence or a trellis, or they may be a bush variety that stays compact and low to the ground. Cascadia sugar snap peas produce 3-inch pea pods containing crisp, sweet green peas. Follow basic planting instructions in the spring to sow Cascadia sugar snap pea seeds and expect to harvest peas within two months of planting.

Things You'll Need

• Garden spade
• Compost
• Rake
• Hoe

Instructions

1. Prepare the growing area as early as possible in the spring. Use the garden spade to cultivate the soil down to a depth of about 6 inches. Add about 2 to 3 inches of compost over the soil and work this in well with the garden spade. Smooth the soil with the rake.

2. Create rows for the peas, spacing them about 2 1/2 feet apart. Drag the blade of the hoe over the soil to make 1 1/2-inch-deep furrows.

3. Place the pea seeds into the furrows, sowing 10 seeds evenly along every 12 inches of row.

4. Cover the seeds with 1 1/2 inches of soil and pat the soil down firmly with your hands.

5. Water the newly planted pea seeds immediately after you finish planting them. Keep the soil evenly moist while the seeds germinate.

Tips & Warnings

• If you plant the seeds in late spring, increase the planting depth to about 2 inches to keep the seeds from drying out in the topsoil.

• Expect the peas to germinate within about one week when soil temperatures range from 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Avoid fertilizing sugar snap peas. As long as you plant the peas in soil enriched with compost, the peas should thrive. Excessive fertilizing may increase foliage but decrease blossoming.

References

• Stoke Seeds: Cascadia (Pea/sugar snap) Detailed Growing Instructions