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Post by milehighmike on May 30, 2013 22:00:05 GMT -5
Hi all. I'm looking for a tip.
I want to harvest pea shoots for salads, but not impact my pea harvest. Is there a trick to doing this? Can I have my shoots and still eat (all) my peas? Thanks!
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Post by 12540dumont on May 31, 2013 0:07:43 GMT -5
Gosh, I always buy Pea Shoots at the farmer's market...I never wanted to take a chance.
This should be interesting.
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Post by bunkie on May 31, 2013 7:11:18 GMT -5
Yeah milehighmike, I'm curious about picking pea shoots too. I've never done it before.
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Post by hortusbrambonii on May 31, 2013 7:56:22 GMT -5
I don't think you can have your pea shoots and your peas at the same time. When I grow pea shoots (inside, for fresh greens in wintertime) I just use dry peas sold for food. One batch of peas grows back and can be harvested 2 or 3 times, but I don't know if you can combine that with growing the peas themselves...
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Post by ferdzy on May 31, 2013 10:13:35 GMT -5
Seconding those who say you can't have your peas and eat your pea shoots too. Actually, are you talking pea shoots (i.e. slightly older than pea sprouts) or are you talking "dau miu" (i.e. the pinched off growing tips of more mature pea plants)?
Either way, if you remove a growing tip you are removing the nodes that would have had peas. They will perhaps regrow to some degree, but the amount will definitely be reduced. I've seen this in practice when deer and rabbits have "pruned" my peas.
If you want to go ahead and try anyway, I suggest you make sure that you have indeterminate pea varieties; determinate peas will not do the necessary regrowing AT ALL in my experience. I also suggest snow-peas as the best varieties to use as shoots or sprouts - they are more likely to lack the tough stringy fibres in the stems and leaves as well as the pods, unlike shelling peas.
So go for varieties like Mammoth Melting, Carouby de Mausane, Golden Sweet, etc.
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Post by milehighmike on May 31, 2013 15:21:47 GMT -5
Thanks everyone!
It's not the news I was hoping for, but it was what I expected.
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Post by steev on May 31, 2013 18:38:50 GMT -5
Never occurred to me to sprout peas for the greens; that's a good idea.
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Post by hortusbrambonii on Jun 1, 2013 2:27:17 GMT -5
If you grow them inside, somewhere in half-darkness, they will grow quite long and stay soft, and have a soft taste too, somewhere in between taugé and peas... (I don't know if you can see this picture from FB here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=227563570701533&set=a.146771345447423.12053.146431125481445&type=1&theater but it gives an idea. They are quite tasty in salads, but can also be used in more Asian-style wok dishes) It also works with fava beans, they much give bigger shoots though, and I'm gonna try it with chickpeas too. |
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