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Post by potter on Mar 6, 2012 15:00:30 GMT -5
Actually..Swedish have 'yellow' pea soup and Finns have 'green'..don't ask me why, it is just traditionally been so. I've eaten both ways and can't really tell any difference in flavours. When I was a kid, my mom made pea soup out of these tiny weeny peas that was more gray than green..those peas make 'muddy-looking 'peasoup. Now all soup peas available in shops are green varieties and much larger in size as well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup |
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 6, 2012 16:55:13 GMT -5
Hi ya Potter!
In the SSE book ME BO W has
Finnische Futtererbse (A Finnish Field Pea) He says it's attractive and delicate. But not a word on taste. (Red & pink flowers) Arghh. I don't eat the flowers!
But I found another from Canada called "Dashaway" which ME BO W says is a "formidable soup pea" highly productive and yellow.
That's a scary thought no? Formidable.
Atash, surprised to see you! Sure, send away.
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Post by raymondo on Mar 6, 2012 18:35:41 GMT -5
I grew some soup peas from a yellow split pea packet from the supermarket. The halves with the embryonic radicle (root) are able to germinate. They were very short plants with lots of tendrils and produced almost perfectly round seeds. I like the yellow ones best for pea and ham soup because I prefer the colour. The green ones make good pea mash (plenty of herbs and spices to tart them up a bit) to have with sausages.
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 6, 2012 19:00:57 GMT -5
Really Ray? You learn something new everyday!
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Post by potter on Mar 7, 2012 2:59:45 GMT -5
Hmm..Finnish?...and why is it in German language?  Sounds interesting..I'm having to spen 'rummaging' through some Finnish sites now to see if it pops up in some heritage varieties. I'm sure there is loads of field peas about..but personally all that I have come across...so far...are all been white flowered. I'm just waiting a delivery from Nordic seedbank..I managed to get new lot of supply's out of there... ;D Yeahhh..moore goodies! More peas and beans..  ;D |
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Post by potter on Mar 7, 2012 3:36:44 GMT -5
Ah..found it..but not much info as description about the variety. www.nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/344I did found quite few very similar peas on other sites. But I shall sit on my hands now and not getting tempted anymore with shopping.. I've got more than I can handle for this season to grow..  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 7, 2012 11:50:23 GMT -5
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Post by templeton on Mar 8, 2012 1:37:46 GMT -5
Drat!
I was definitely not going to grow out the peas i got from a seed bank here, but you've got me interested now...
Anyone suggest how many plants to grow for enough dry peas for a small trial cookup?
T
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 8, 2012 3:29:13 GMT -5
Anyone suggest how many plants to grow for enough dry peas for a small trial cookup? In my garden, peas increase about 200 X. |
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Post by DarJones on Mar 8, 2012 3:50:20 GMT -5
My rule of thumb is that a row 100 ft long will produce between 1 and 3 gallons of dry seed. It is usually about 2 gallons for Blue Pod Capucijners.
DarJones
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Post by darwinslair on Mar 8, 2012 17:26:09 GMT -5
Your rate of return on soup peas seems, well, low. I get about a half gallon of seeds per 10 foot section of trellis. Dry.
But all I grow is purple podded blauchakkers, so it might simply be the type.
Tom
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Post by templeton on Mar 9, 2012 7:38:32 GMT -5
Your rate of return on soup peas seems, well, low. I get about a half gallon of seeds per 10 foot section of trellis. Dry. But all I grow is purple podded blauchakkers, so it might simply be the type. Tom sounds like a great yield, Tom. I might just see how much room I've got left after my grow out plantings, and sow a one or two of the exotic lines if there's room. T |
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Post by DarJones on Mar 9, 2012 13:33:39 GMT -5
It might also be the climate. I get hot and dry much earlier in the season. Regardless, I am very happy with the yield of my peas.
DarJones
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Post by raymondo on Mar 9, 2012 16:18:03 GMT -5
Yes, I think it could well be climate Dar. I can do two crops of peas a season here. The second yields less that the first because it grows through hot weather. Well, hot for here.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 17, 2012 20:49:36 GMT -5
I have received some great soup peas in the mail. I have not grown these before. Normally I plant peas by St. Paddy's Day. After that, it's too late. But I normally plant sugar snaps, and snow peas. So what's up with soup peas?
The weather, is jumping from Spring straight to Summer. That's it, we had a week of Spring. Supposed to be 87 this week. Any chance for Soup Peas? What say you pea planters? Did I miss the window? Should I go straight to beans and hold off on these till next Spring?
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