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Post by mickey on Jan 6, 2010 21:03:22 GMT -5
Pisum sativum L has any one grown these feild peas?
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 7, 2010 6:01:06 GMT -5
Do you want sugary sweet garden peas or edible pod types?
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Post by PatrickW on Jan 7, 2010 11:45:02 GMT -5
If you're looking for true field peas, we have talked here before about Dutch Capucijner peas. Probably if you use the search function, you can find some of the old discussions. They are a very popular soup pea here, and most countries in northern Europe have their own variation on it. When you cook them, they make their own 'gravy'. For example Søren (registered here as 'toad') made this post on his blog about a similar Danish pea: toads.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/grey-peas/Many seed companies in the US sell something similar to this, often with names like Monk Pea, Purple Podded Pea, Blue Podded Pea and so on. When they grow, they have very attractive purple flowers and pods. Plant Breeder Alan Kapuler used this type of pea as a basis for a purple podded snap pea that you can buy from his seed company: www.peaceseeds.com/Home gardener Rebsie crossed a purple podded pea with a yellow podded pea, and got a red podded pea! daughterofthesoil.blogspot.com/2008/07/red-podded-pea-update.htmlAlan Kapuler recently said he was going to try to develop a red podded snap pea. Anyway, this is probably more than you wanted to know about peas, but if you search through some of the archives, you can probably find some of our discussions on them. |
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Post by mickey on Jan 7, 2010 12:33:46 GMT -5
Thank you for the reply, I'm not looking for garden or snap peas. The peas I'm thinking of are called Maple peas and Trapper peas. They are a thick skinned field pea not the thin skinned pea that was developed for the garden.
PS. Cajanus cajan called maple, black, amd pigeon peas
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Post by johno on Jan 7, 2010 13:04:04 GMT -5
Peace Seeds also has Pigeon peas.
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Post by mickey on Jan 7, 2010 13:20:02 GMT -5
Peace Seeds also has Pigeon peas. I tried to look at that site but my eyesight is 200/20 and 100/20 and with all the names I got lost in there thanks anyhow. I don't mind saying I'm a beginner so that site is way over my head let alone hard for me to read. |
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Post by PatrickW on Jan 7, 2010 14:20:16 GMT -5
Peace seeds is probably not the right seed catalog for a beginner, unless you want to be adventurous...
Pigeon peas are another name for the same kind of pea, and there are just an awful lot of them floating around. 100-200 years ago they were very popular in Europe, and a major source of food. They are a crop where the varieties can be traced back farther than almost all others. Seed banks are full of them, if you care to go looking.
If you are looking for Maple peas and Trapper peas, then you are looking for specific kinds. If I search Google on them, I see a lot of places have them for sale but not as seeds. You might try buying them as animal feed and just planting them...
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