I first grew these a few years back and thought it high time to grow them again. A tall growing tasty snap pea, green pods with a faint blush of red on them. The leaves are very pretty on these too, some plants have the axil colour bleeds into the leaf veins.
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The pea pods themselves are lovely to eat and surprisingly large and wider than most snap peas. I wonder whether you will get any doubles, I only had singles. I think I can also spot the hypertendrils on your plants. This is another Alan Kapuler bred pea. And it's a good one again!
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Funny you should mention doubles, I was looking at them yesterday to see, one plant only with doubles! Yes lots of hyper-tendrils, I think on all the plants from this batch.This is another Alan Kapuler bred pea. And it's a good one again!
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Originally posted by jayb View PostFunny you should mention doubles, I was looking at them yesterday to see, one plant only with doubles! Yes lots of hyper-tendrils, I think on all the plants from this batch.
I found that although they were all singles, they nevertheless had a lot of pods although I did not count them. The obvious improvement would be to look for doubles. I still think this would be the single most effective selection criterion to increase yield, although I have never counted pods on my plants. But this was the clear suggestion from Ben from Real Seeds. Maybe the plant with doubles does have fewer nodes, because the plant can only sustain so many pods?
Is single/double podding genetic or cultural, Silverleaf? This is also a bit of an issue with Court Estate Gold.
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A few more pictures, they really are a lovely tasting pod. They produced well although ended up with mildew which is always a shame to see.
Spring Blush snap pea by jayb 35, on Flickr
Spring Blush snap pea by jayb 35, on Flickr
Spring Blush snap pea by jayb 35, on Flickr
Spring Blush snap pea by jayb 35, on Flickr
Spring Blush snap pea by jayb 35, on Flickr
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