Growing Snow Peas, also Sugar Peas, Mangetout, Chinese Peas

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(Best months for growing Snow Peas in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 46°F and 68°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 3 - 4 inches apart
Harvest in 12-14 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Carrots, Endive, Florence fennel, Winter lettuce, Brassicas.
Avoid growing close to: Chives, Alliums, Tomatoes

Your comments and tips

31 Aug 20, Mandy (New Zealand - temperate climate): Are snow peas better to be staked and do they grow up tall like beans or not so high? (Gardenate : see info here /www.gardenate.com/plant/Snow Peas?zone=5 )
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01 Sep 20, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate): There are snow peas that can grow over 2m tall. Then there are some that grow to 1.2-1.5m. In sub tropical Australia I grow Giant Oregon, to about 1.2-1.5m. Good heavy producer. You need to build a trellis for them to grow on. I have 2 posts 2.4m apart and 1.8m out of the ground. A cross beam at the top to stop them falling inwards. I use chicken wire as my trellis. Plant about 15 peas each side of the wire. Then I put 3-4 stakes (15-18mm square) on each side. I then wrap cord/twine/?? around the stakes and posts, each 150-200mm up the posts, for the plant to grip onto.
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