Item Number: SNV5030
Super Sugar Snap Pea Seeds
Disease Resistant Snack Pea
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Description
Description
Pea Snap Super Sugar seeds are an excellent choice for home gardeners and small-scale farmers who value sweet, crisp harvests and reliable garden performance. This improved snap pea variety produces slender, plump pods that are stringless, tender, and full of flavor—perfect for eating fresh, steaming, or adding to stir-fries. Its tall, vigorous vines thrive in cool-season conditions, producing high yields over a long harvest window. Ideal for trellising, Super Sugar Snap performs best in fertile, well-drained soil with consistent moisture and full sun exposure.
Variety Details
- Botanical name: Pisum sativum
- Plant type: Hardy Annual
- Growth habit: Vining
- Crop category: Pea
- Kitchen profile: Pea Snap Super Sugar seeds are an excellent choice for home gardeners and small-scale farmers who value sweet, crisp harvests and reliable garden performance.
- Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
- Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
- Germination temperature: Soil Temperature: 45–75°F Planting Depth: 1" Germination: 7–10 Days Height At Maturity: 60"–72" Days To Maturity: 62 Days…
- Maturity: Expect harvests in approximately 62 to 70 days, with vines that can reach over 5 feet tall when supported.
- Light: Full Sun
- Planting season: Spring or Summer
- Starting location: Direct Sow
Direct sow Super Sugar Snap Pea into a prepared bed during the appropriate cool-season window. Keep the seed zone moist during establishment without leaving it waterlogged, and provide support when the recorded growth habit calls for climbing space. Once plants begin flowering, inspect developing pods regularly and harvest at the size and texture preferred for the kitchen. Local temperature, soil conditions, and harvest stage can affect the time from sowing to usable pods.
Before sowing Super Sugar Snap Pea, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.
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Shipping Information
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Shipping Weight: 0.01 lb
Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.125"W x 0.1"H
Features
Features
- Fixes Nitrogen
- Grow on a Trellis
- Open-Pollinated
- Requires Staking
- Succession Planting
Characteristics
Characteristics
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Soil & Water: Work a small amount of bone meal and wood ash into soil prior to planting. Keep vines well weeded. Water and mulch to conserve moisture - watering at base of plant only to prevent mildew.
Planting & Growing: Plant seed in well worked soil with full sun exposure in early to mid-spring. Sow seeds 1 inch deep and 2-3 inches apart in rows or bands 2 feet apart. Provide supports at planting time to support 5 foot tall vines. Wet cold conditions may affect germination. Replant if first sowing is not even. Sow again for a fall crop before the first fall frost.
Harvesting & Storage: Harvest when peas are well formed in their pods. Eat soon after harvest for best flavor.
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