Pea: Blue Shelling

The Blue Podded Pea colorfully produces lovely purple-blue pods that can be harvested young & used as a snow pea or let mature & shell for soup peas (dry soak overnight for dried peas).  The flowers are a beautiful purple/red & the pods are a deep purple/blue. The Blue Podded Pea is a productive Dutch strain of heirloom pea that dates back hundreds of years & remains popular to this day. 75 days.

Non-GMO
USES- Fresh, freezing, canning
FLAVOR- Green, fresh
VEG. COLOR- Blue
VEG. SIZE- Medium
SEED DEPTH- 1"
PLANT SPACING- 4"
FROST HARDY- Yes
USDA ZONES- 3-11
HRS. SUNLIGHT- 6-10
DAYS TO HARVEST- 80
GENUS- Pisum sativum
LINEAGE- Heirloom
SEED COUNT- 25
GERMINATION RATE- 90% 12/24
(item #: PE-3)

Peas do well when it's cool (think spring & fall).  For the highest yields, make sure they have a trellis to climb.  This ensures more of the plant gets sun.  Continually harvest ripe pods to increase the harvest time.  If saving for seed &/or soup, leave the pods on the vines until they dry & the seeds (peas) become hard.