Start growing
Sow in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Needs trellis or chicken wire.
GROW SOMETHING WONDERFUL
Peas Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit
Pisum sativum
From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.
THE PLANT NOTEBOOK
Peas care, from seed onward.
- Botanical name
- Pisum sativum
- Common names
- Garden Pea, Snow Pea, Sugar Snap
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pisum
- Species
- P. sativum
Growing with your kit
The Seeds In A Cup® kit provides a front-row seat to Gregor Mendel's genetics lessons—perfect for students!
Propagation
By seed.
Seasonal growth & harvest
55-70 days. Harvest regularly to keep plants productive.
Growing conditions
Cool temperate fields and gardens.
Weather & tolerances
High frost tolerance; very low heat tolerance.
Pests & plant health
Pea aphids and powdery mildew.
Plant safety
Safe and highly nutritious.
Botanical features
A vining annual with tendrils for climbing. Nitrogen-fixing legume.
Varieties
‘Sugar Ann’, ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’, ‘Lincoln Shelling’.
Garden & everyday uses
Fresh pods, shelling peas, or dried for soups
Native range & distribution
Native to the Mediterranean and Near East.
Conservation
Vast heirloom diversity secure.
Name origins
Latin ‘pisum’, from the Greek ‘pison’.
History
Basis of modern genetics thanks to Gregor Mendel’s 19th-century monk garden experiments.
TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING
Your next beginning, in a cup.
Seeds In A Cup® grow kits matched to peas.
THE GROWING CONVERSATION
Questions grow here.
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