Snow Pea
vegetable
Harvest flat pods before peas develop inside — they should be 2–3 in. long and pods paper-thin. Needs a trellis (4–6 ft). Cool-season crop; sow as soon as soil can be worked.
At a glance
- USDA Zones
- 3–9
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium — water when top inch of soil is dry
- Soil
- Loam
- pH
- Neutral
- Spacing
- 6 in. between plants
- Per square foot
- 4 plants per square
- Days to maturity
- About 60 days
Planting & harvest windows
Northern Hemisphere timing. Adjust ±4–6 weeks based on your last/first frost dates.
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Plant Harvest
Good companions
Keep apart from
Recommended varieties
- Oregon Sugar Pod II65 daysseed
Vigorous 28-in. vine, sweet flat pods. Disease-resistant.
- Mammoth Melting Sugar70 daysseed
Tall vine (4–5 ft), large pods — classic heirloom.
- Avalanche60 daysseed
Stringless, semi-leafless — easy harvest, high yield.
Add Snow Pea to your raised bed — the planner handles spacing and companion warnings automatically.
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