Pea – ‘Golden Sweet’ (Mangetout)
€4.29
11 in stock
Email to a friend– A stunning addition to the vegetable plot
– Delicious eaten raw in salads or steamed as a vegetable
– Vigorous stems reaching up to 1.8m (6′)
– Attractive golden-yellow pods
This magnificent mangetout pea makes a stunning addition to the vegetable plot. Vigorous stems reaching up to 1.8m (6′) bear colourful mauve-purple blooms, followed by attractive golden-yellow pods that are produced from red-tinged leaf nodes. The crisp, sweet pods of Pea ‘Golden Sweet’ are delicious eaten raw in salads or steamed as a vegetable. Height: 180cm (71″). Spread: 25cm (10″).
Direct sow Mangetout peas outdoors from March to June, once the soil as warmed. Choose a weed-free position on moist, fertile, well drained soil in full sun. Sow Mangetout seed in flat bottomed drills at a distance of 5cm (2″) apart, and 4cm (1 1/2″) deep. Allow a distance of 75cm (30″) between rows. For successional crops, sow Mangetout peas every 10 days.