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Pea Snak Hero - AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner
Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.
Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.
Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.
Pea Snak Hero - AAS Edible-Vegetable WinnerStringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later.

Pea Snak Hero

2020 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner

Slender 4″ long pods have the straight and elongated appearance of a succulent green bean but the surprising taste and texture of a snap pea. Snak Hero is so super-sweet and delicious it would be no surprise if they never make it to the kitchen! Stringless, edible pods are perfect for healthy, garden-fresh snacking, stir-frying, or freezing for later. 18-24″ vines can be grown with or without support and are perfect for patio containers or hanging baskets. Frequent harvesting can easily bump up production for a long, substantial harvest window. Peas are a great early-season crop as they can be planted when soil temperatures are above 45 degrees F.

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Categories: 2020, Container Suitable, Edibles/Vegetables, National, Pea
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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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