Peas or mangetout

[David]

Morning all

Bit of a challenge on the legumes front today - wonder if you can help.

I raised peas and mangetout in drainpipes and slide them out in one continuous row.

One end has very nice flat pods the other is only just getting flowers, now I think from memory that the pods are the peas but they look very like young mangetout.

I wonder if any one can give me a hint on how I can tell if I am right or not - if they are mangtout I'd like to eat em.

Thanks as ever, David

ps they were both sown on the same day.
pps I could get a photo if that would help
ppss? The ones with pods are darker in colour and the leaves are larger.

[peat]

What variety mangetout?
Pete

[Geoff]

Try eating the pods, mt are edible uncooked.

[David]

The mangetout are Oregon sugar pod from T&M and I'm fairly certain the peas are Hurst greenshaft.

[Geoff]

HGS will be almost parallel say about 3" x ½", fleshy and smooth when they are immature whereas OSP will be more like a flattened D say about 2½" x 1" and sort of crinkly and thin.

[David]

Geoff,

Thanks very much, spot on advice. So I have my first crop of peas ever and soon will have my first crop of mangetout too.

Can you give me advice on when to harvest these too as well?

Thanks and regards

David

[jane E]

Thanks. That was also very helpful for me. I put my early peas up a pea net and some got eaten by rabbits/slugs, so I filled the gaps with my next set of peas which happened to be sugar snap. Hence I have the same problem.