Pea Patio Pride

2017 Edible – Vegetable Winner

This compact beauty produces sweet, uniform pods that are very tender when harvested early. With only 40 days needed to maturity, Patio Pride can be one of your first spring harvests or one of the last fall harvests from your Southeastern garden! This pea is wonderful when planted in containers and is ideal for succession planting yielding a consistent harvest over many weeks. Plant in patio containers with cool-season flowers for a beautiful combination ornamental and edible display.

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Description

AAS WINNER DETAILS

Winner Type: Regional (Southeast)
Class: Pea
Variety Name: Patio Pride
Genus: Pisum
Species: sativum
Year: 2017
Common Name: Pea
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Terra Organics
Close Market Comparison: Tom Thumb, Avalanche

PLANT NEEDS

Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Cool season
Staking Required: N0

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Compact
Plant Height: 6 – 8 inches
Garden Spacing: 10 inches
Fruit Color (Harvest): Green
Fruit Size: 2-3 inches
Fruit Weight: .10 ounce
Fruit Flavor Description: Sweet
Number Of Fruits Per Plant: 30 plus

IN THE GARDEN

Container: Yes
Garden Spacing: 10 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 40
Days To Harvest (Transplant): Not recommended
Plant Spread: 10 – 12 inches

HOW TO GROW

Grow Patio Pride in both the spring and fall growing seasons. Direct seeding is recommended, seed to 3-4 seeds every 6 inches and thin to the final spacing of 6 to 8 inches best production. Can be succession planted up to three times in either spring or Fall matures in about 40 days.

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