Winter - that sweet, fresh pea taste

[Nature's Babe]

I bought some snow peas for srouting or growing as fresh pea shoots,ready in 3 days as a sprout and 7-10 days as a shoot. Now thinking I might try a row to harvest as seeds to sprout next winter, so we can have that fresh pea taste out of season too. Has anyone else tried this, and if so do you have any tips?

[Johnboy]

Hi NB,
Took a quick look on Google for you and the below website has a video and many other websites to do with Snow peas alongside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZX_oOlMoGQ

Sadly it is from USA and is grown as a winter crop but this doesn't me that you cannot grow them through our season.

JB.

[Nature's Babe]

Thank you Johnboy, useful video, I might get some early ones that way. What I was thinking of though was growing a row to dry seed and then using that seed to produce pea shoots and sprouted seed during the winter months, I guess one would just let the whole crop reach full maturity and dry the lot, or would I get less peas because i wasn't harvesting regularly, should I grow tall ones, harvest some first then save the second flush for seed? Or maybe a short variety and just let the whole crop mature and dry.

[Johnboy]

Hi NB,
I have always found that it has been best to set aside a particular section of any crop as designated seed. With peas I have found that it is best to lay aside a length of a row and do not touch it until the peas are ready to fall out of the shuck.
JB.