Plant Guide
Peas : Mammoth Melting
A classic Snow Pea that lives up to its name, can be used as cut flowers
Mammoth Melting Snap Pea pods are used like snow pea pods. The thick, stringless, 4"-5" flat edible pods encase creamy-white seeds. It is a high yielding, early, uniform and wilt-resistant variety. The pods are excellent for stir-frying, steaming, freezing, or eating fresh. Mammoth Melting pea vines produce white blossoms that are beautiful enough to use as cut flowers.
Fabaceae Pisum sativumSoil Prep
Soil Preference
Soil PH: 5.5-7.5, Ideal 6.0-6.5
The best soil for peas is a loose well-drained loam. Peas don't need a lot of nitrogen, as they can obtain their own. In fact, if nitrogen is too easily available they won't bother to fix any. Peas do need phosphorus (colloidal phosphate) and potassium (wood ashes), as well as calcium and magnesium (use dolomitic limestone).
If the soil is compacted double digging is beneficial. If it is poorly drained, use raised beds, especially for early plantings, as they don't like wet soil. In very poor soils it may pay to plant your peas in trenches, filled with a mixture of soil and compost.
Soil Preparation
Standard Mix, 5 pound(s) per 100 sq. ft., in top 6in of soil, 1 time
A standard mix will provide additional potassium, phosphorus and other nutrients.
Compost (N), 2 inch(es), in top 6in of soil, 1 time
Dig in 2˝ of compost or aged manure (You can apply fresh manure the previous fall and leave it to age over the winter).
