Comments on: Sugar Snap Peas

By: josh Vaccaro

josh Vaccaro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:04:00 +0000

I just pick a bunch of sugar snap peas for the first time. This is the first year that I have grown them in my garden. I cant figure out why they taste so bitter though?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:15:42 +0000

Thanks for the info. I was confused between sugar snap and snow peas. I’ll leave mine on the vine to fatten up.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:32:34 +0000

Sugar Snap Peas don’t produce much in the way of a second crop, so you’re better off pulling the vines after the plants mature and put the garden space to use growing other crops. But rather than pull the vines out it’s probably best to cut the pea vines off at soil level, or if you are not going to replant the area turn the plants under to help build soil fertility and take advantage of the nitrogen-fixing ability of pea plants.

By: Dannielle

Dannielle — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:07:04 +0000

Hi just picked my sugar snap peas, ate half of them. I was wandering do I pull the plants out of the garden after I harvest the peas or do they come back again?? My first time planing these.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:43:02 +0000

Hi Steven, I’m not the best person to ask about preserving veggies from the garden but I’m guessing that freezing may be the best way to preserve your extra sugar snap peas. Canning may be another option but I’m no authority on that either.

By: Steven J

Steven J — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:50:39 +0000

Is there a particular procedure for perserving all the EXTRA Sugar Snap Peas from a wonderful crop so I can enjoy them well into the Autumn?
(Please respond as soon as possible)
Thsnks

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:30:44 +0000

Hi Carolyn, sugar snap peas are sweet and delicious and often don’t make it out of the garden. Sugar snaps are best harvested when they are plump, after the seeds have filled out within the pods. Edible podded snow peas on the other hand are harvested when the pods are still flat and skinny.

By: Carolyn Becker

Carolyn Becker — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:22:11 +0000

I just ate my first home grown sugar snap peas right off the vine! They were so delicious, i think I ate 10 of them without stopping. Should I pick them when they are skinny or plump? I think I’ve seen both recommendations, and now I’m confused.