Snap peas

ChrisK · October 26, 2014

What varieties do y'all like? Looking for good yield and flavor. Sugar Snap is the most famous, of course.

joseph · October 26, 2014

I grow my own variety of red-podded snap peas... They are of course my favorite.

Among commercially available varieties I really like "Sugar Magnolia".

kath · October 26, 2014

I don't have a favorite, personally, because they're just too fibrous for me, but we've grown: Dwarf White Sugar, Sugar Ann, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Lace, Sugar Lace II, Sugar Snap, Sugar Sprint and Super Sugar Snap. DH's favorite of those for taste is Sugar Lace II, which I've grown for the past 3 years. It's a short type with more tendrils than leaves so it's probably not as productive as the taller varieties, but we don't need many.

shelleybean · October 26, 2014

I like Amish Snap, available from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Here, I plant at the beginning of March and I can pick until about the middle of June. It's a tall plant, reaches about six feet in height. Climbs easily.

bower · October 28, 2014

Usually grow Sugar Snap, this year we tried one called Cascadia. It didn't set any flowers or pods on the bottom 3 ft of the plant. Taste was on par, but not production. Supposed to tolerate summer heat better than others, so it might do better for you in NC. I'll be back to Sugar Snap next year.

Also tried a very cool snow pea, Chris, called Norli. It's a Dutch variety which is extremely compact but bushy, early and loaded with small pods. Very nice yield at the farm, and they also came back from the roots and flowered and set again in the fall in my garden.

Such a nice yield from a short bushy plant, I'm thinking to try it indoors in the winter. A couple of people thought it was not the sweetest, the pods are small, and they do go limp pretty soon after picking. None of that will matter to me, if I can get a few plants to produce on the windowsill.

There's no fresh snow pea like the only one in town..

tam91 · October 29, 2014

I grew Sugar Snap and Super Sugar Snap side by side. No contest - Super Sugar Snap were much sweeter, tastier, and even earlier. Loved 'em!

ChrisK · October 29, 2014

Thanks for the ideas, all. I'll see what my local purveyor of seeds has to offer.

Tormato · October 30, 2014

Super Sugar Snap, for me. It's a week earlier than Sugar Snap, which means a lot if the season is short.

ddsack · October 30, 2014

I never grew them together in the same season, but I couldn't notice any difference between Sugar Snap and the Super version. Maybe it was the weather that year. They all do well, and are done by the end of July up here.

kayrobbins · October 30, 2014

I grow Oregon Sugar Pod II from Baker Creek. I like this because it only grows about three feet tall and produces earlier than other sugar snaps with longer vines. I don't have to do much trellising and when the younger grandchildren come over they can easily reach them. It seems to be one thing that even reluctant vegetable eats can't get enough of.

feldon30 · October 31, 2014

Oregon Sugar Pod II here.

tam91 · October 31, 2014

Side by side, there was a huge difference in taste for me between Sugar Snap and Super Sugar Snap. I was very surprised how much.

**carolyn137** · October 31, 2014

I've grown lots of the snaps in the past and the only one I really liked that was great for me where I am is Cascadia, which I would grow again, if I could.

Carolyn

ChrisK · October 31, 2014

Oregon Sugar Pod II and Cascadia are what they had, so that's what is in the ground now!

October 26, 2014	#1
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Snap peas What varieties do y'all like? Looking for good yield and flavor. Sugar Snap is the most famous, of course. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

October 26, 2014	#4
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	I like Amish Snap, available from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Here, I plant at the beginning of March and I can pick until about the middle of June. It's a tall plant, reaches about six feet in height. Climbs easily. __________________ Michele

October 29, 2014	#6
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I grew Sugar Snap and Super Sugar Snap side by side. No contest - Super Sugar Snap were much sweeter, tastier, and even earlier. Loved 'em! __________________ Tracy

October 29, 2014	#7
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Thanks for the ideas, all. I'll see what my local purveyor of seeds has to offer. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

October 30, 2014	#9
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	I never grew them together in the same season, but I couldn't notice any difference between Sugar Snap and the Super version. Maybe it was the weather that year. They all do well, and are done by the end of July up here. __________________ Dee **************

October 26, 2014	#2
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I grow my own variety of red-podded snap peas... They are of course my favorite. Among commercially available varieties I really like "Sugar Magnolia".

October 26, 2014	#3
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I don't have a favorite, personally, because they're just too fibrous for me, but we've grown: Dwarf White Sugar, Sugar Ann, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Lace, Sugar Lace II, Sugar Snap, Sugar Sprint and Super Sugar Snap. DH's favorite of those for taste is Sugar Lace II, which I've grown for the past 3 years. It's a short type with more tendrils than leaves so it's probably not as productive as the taller varieties, but we don't need many.

October 28, 2014	#5
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Usually grow Sugar Snap, this year we tried one called Cascadia. It didn't set any flowers or pods on the bottom 3 ft of the plant. Taste was on par, but not production. Supposed to tolerate summer heat better than others, so it might do better for you in NC. I'll be back to Sugar Snap next year. Also tried a very cool snow pea, Chris, called Norli. It's a Dutch variety which is extremely compact but bushy, early and loaded with small pods. Very nice yield at the farm, and they also came back from the roots and flowered and set again in the fall in my garden. Such a nice yield from a short bushy plant, I'm thinking to try it indoors in the winter. A couple of people thought it was not the sweetest, the pods are small, and they do go limp pretty soon after picking. None of that will matter to me, if I can get a few plants to produce on the windowsill. There's no fresh snow pea like the only one in town..

October 30, 2014	#8
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Super Sugar Snap, for me. It's a week earlier than Sugar Snap, which means a lot if the season is short.

October 30, 2014	#10
kayrobbins Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 820	I grow Oregon Sugar Pod II from Baker Creek. I like this because it only grows about three feet tall and produces earlier than other sugar snaps with longer vines. I don't have to do much trellising and when the younger grandchildren come over they can easily reach them. It seems to be one thing that even reluctant vegetable eats can't get enough of.

October 31, 2014	#11
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Oregon Sugar Pod II here. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

October 31, 2014	#13
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I've grown lots of the snaps in the past and the only one I really liked that was great for me where I am is Cascadia, which I would grow again, if I could. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn