2013 Pea Trial

[12540dumont]

Okay I think I finally got all the peas together in their right groups.

There were 3 peas that I'm not sure of their uses:
Mills Fast
Saveur Fine
Unknown Tibetan

So I put them in the other uses peas. Some of these peas I only have 6 seeds of, so the trial will not be about yield (except for yield per pod).

I plan to put these on 4 different trellis. I don't think there are enough of the soup peas to actually make soup peas this year, so these will just be a grow out. I hope to be able to test the edible Pods for brix.
This is my first time for shellies, so I'm pretty sure there will be some trial and error here. Hopefully, they won't all come on the same week.

Eventually, I hope to have early, middle and late.

So, this Friday morning I'll soak these in mycellium and fish emulsion and then plunk them in the garden on Saturday.

Tomorrow I'll be weeding garlic all day.

Thanks to all of you who contributed peas to this experiment. I can't find my Picollo peas (??) so I had to reorder them. They might not make it into the trial if they don't get here soon. That's why there is a blank space in the shellies.

I'm quite interested in the Flour peas that came from NZ. This is a pea that they dry, grind, and use to make tempura batter.

I didn't know maple peas were traditionally grown to feed chickens/poultry, but my chickens will love that.

I'm totally in trepidation of "Mushy Peas", now if your English don't read this next part. I have not eaten anything in England that I would consider grand cuisine. All the vegetables were a mushy sodden mass...and dreadful. However, the food in Wales was divine, but I was not served "mushy peas", but a wonderful pea soup, that was fabulous.

Leo and I never cook our snow peas. Some years they don't even make it out of the garden. Zack is the worst. 2 years of very poor yield turned out to be Zack and his friends, grazing.

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[YoungAllotmenteer]

Holly,

I weeded garlic for most an afternoon last weekend and I only have 5 x 5m rows, I feel your pain.

The pea trial looks very interesting, I tried peas last year and the weeds certainly enjoyed them, I saw about 4 plants.

I think you may mean Kelvedon Wonder Mushy Peas are revolting. I'm English and had no trouble with your assessment ;D.

[raymondo]

Looking forward to following the trial Holly.

[steev]

Chacun a son gout! One of my housemates is utterly incapable of eating any kind of greens that I cook. He's certain that all the vitamins have been denatured, the bacon grease is unhealthy, and the texture is repellent. He's from Philly; doesn't know "spit" from applebutter about Southern food. Good guy, aside from his culinary limitations.

[richardw]

Good luck with your trial Holly