Fruit/Veg: Pea
Variety: Sugar Snap Delikett
Provider: Suttons
Seeds/Cost: 200 seeds, £2.75
I'm sure last year I just bought a strip of around 8-10 plants for a couple of pounds from Homebase. They were delicious and a hit with the family so this year I decided to grow some from seed and a much better value option it was too.
The only real frustration was that the young seedlings were extremely tempting to slugs and snails and I lost quite a few young plants (I will combat this next year by starting them off on my garage windowsill - as I did with a later batch).
Once germinated they grew at a fantastic rate and as I used a tall enough cane scaffold they happily climbed.
This particular variety, provided by Suttons, grew particularly well, producing an abundance of delicate looking pale yellow flowers, which, once pollinated near immediately turned to peas. The peas were deliciously sweet as promised and, once left long enough were fat and tender and made a fantastic addition to our chicken stir fry.
This season may be over for sowing but with handfuls of seeds left, I will not need to purchase again next year (maybe even the year after).
The only downside was a slight stringiness down the front seem on a few of the pods but on the strength of the quality and quantity and value the huge number of successful seeds provides, I'm not in a hurry to move away from Suttons on this variety.
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