Early Frosty peas are great for freeze drying or using fresh from the garden and are great for early spring planting (perfect for gardeners itching to get back outside). These peas are among the earliest planting varieties and have great frost resistance. The plants are heavy producers with 4" blunt-end pods and tender peas excellent for freezing, fresh eating or canning.

Characteristics:

Disease Resistance: Good disease resistance
Type: Shelling pea
Maturity: 65 days

Planting dates: Early spring & again in August
Seeds per pound: 2,400

Oregon Sugar Pod II peas are hardy and robust plants that produce plentiful harvests of their 4½" pods that are PERFECT for freezing. These plants are known for their excellent resistance to diseases including mildew, pea enation virus and leaf roll. Pods are harvested and eaten flat (before the peas form) and provide sweet, crunchy textures when cooked.

Characteristics:

Disease Resistance: Excellent disease resistance.
Type: Edible sugar pod
Maturity: 60 days

Planting dates: Early spring & again in August

Seeds per pound: 1,400

Perfection Dark Seeded peas are vibrant early spring plants that offer you plentiful pea harvests in spring and/or fall. With 7 to 10 peas carefully packaged in each 3" shell, there are plenty to be enjoyed fresh, canned or frozen. The plants are relatively hearty and perfect for growing in limiting spaces as they typically grow about 30" tall.

Characteristics:

Disease Resistance: Good disease resistance
Type: Shelling pea
Maturity: 67 days

Planting dates: Early spring & again in August

Seeds per pound: 1,440

String-free and super sweet, Sugar Daddy snap peas live up to their name with deliciously sweet flavors for salads and stir fries. Sugar Daddy peas are an improved variety of edible-pod, string-less snap peas. They produce slender, 3" green pods and are short plants growing to 24-30" tall that don't normally need trellising.

Characteristics:

Disease Resistance: Good disease resistance.
Type: Edible sugar pod
Maturity: 62 days

Planting dates: Early spring & again in August
Seeds per pound: 1,800

Delicious raw, steamed or stir-fried, Super Sugar snap peas are a small but mighty version of regular sugar snap peas sure to please gardeners and growers of all sizes. Plant Super Sugar snaps directly in the garden as soon as soil can be worked in the spring. Remember to remove the string from the pod then enjoy–pod and all!

Characteristics:

Disease Resistance: Very resistant to powdery mildew
Type: Sugar Pod
Maturity: 61-65 days

Planting dates: Early spring & again in August
Seeds per pound: 1,880

Helpful Tools

Organic Matter (Compost):

Compost or another form of organic matter is a good way to improve soil drainage for more productive peas.

Fertilizer:

Planting – Phosphate does not move through the soil after planting and is essential for plant growth. Consider working Fertilome Tomato and Vegetable Food (7-22-8), Bone Meal (0-10-0) or IFA 11-52-0 Granular Fertilizer into the soil before planting.

Growing – Side dress (apply to the side of the plant and water in) an all-purpose garden fertilizer every 30 days. IFA Grand Champion All-Purpose Garden Fertilizer (16-16-16) is a great option for Intermountain West soils.