Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Pea
Variety Name: Snak Hero
Genus: Pisum
Species: sativum
Year: 2020
Common Name: Pea
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Syngenta Seeds Inc.
Close Market Comparison: Sugar Ann, Patio Pride
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Cool season
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Bush-type vines
Plant Height: 18-24 inch vines
Fruit Color (Harvest): Green
Fruit Shape: Long slender pods
Fruit Size: 4 inches, sieve size 4/5
IN THE GARDEN
Container: Yes
Garden Spacing: 18-24 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 65
Days To Harvest (Transplant): Not recommended
HOW TO GROW
Snak Hero is adaptable to a variety of growing situations and containers. Plant in-ground or have fun with it in 12″+ patio containers or hanging baskets. Snack peas are considered a cool-season crop and can be sown in early spring once soils are can be worked and soil temperatures reach a minimum of 45F. Soils that are too cool will encourage slow and erratic germination while soil temperatures above 70-75F will inhibit germination. Direct sow seed 1-1.5″ deep and 1-2″
JUDGE'S OBSERVATIONS
- “Snak pea is a good name for it. Children who visited my trial enjoyed eating the entry right off the plant.”
- “Early long slender tender sweet pods with a very good yield on nice upright and compact plant”
- “A staff favorite. Productive, sweet, crunchy, full of flavor.”
- “Great crispy pods, not to “bumpy” at maturity”
- “Unique, thin curved pods: “sabre-shaped””
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