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Sat, Jun 23, 12 at 17:29
| The new snow pea 'Shiraz' is a winner in my books.
A crunchy, tasty, slightly sweet snow pea that rarely makes it into the house. We've had it a couple of times in stir fry, it's also very tender and not stringy not like some snow peas I've had. Annette |
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| Very pretty, too. The purple color seems more intense than the varieties I have tried. |
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| That's a good looking pea! Glad to hear it tastes good too. Remy |
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| "A crunchy, tasty, slightly sweet snow pea that rarely makes it into the house." Hope that means some got left out for seed. ;-) |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 12 at 1:20
| Zeedman, these pea vines are really robust, I don't know if it's the cool weather we're having or if it's one of their traits we had to give them some extra support or they would have toppled over. I only put in a short row, the vines are about 4 1/2', still climbing and flowering. We're only picking off the top couple of feet now leaving the rest for seed, fingers crossed:) Annette |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 12:37
| They're still producing the odd pea but the warm to most of you, hot to me temps have pretty much done them in but it has been a very productive run. 20 plants produced all the peas we wanted for both eating raw and stirfry. All going well I'm going to collect a fair bit of seed I took a pic this morning of a few pods full of peas but still have a way to go for seed. Annette |
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| They do look nice. Where did you get your seed? Dean |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Thu, Jul 12, 12 at 15:05
| Dean, actually my DIL has a contact in the UK, she bought them from T&M and sent them to me. As far as I know the only place you can buy Shiraz is in the UK. I've left quite a few for seed so hopefully I'll be able to share a few later on. Annette |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sun, Jul 22, 12 at 23:07
| I pulled the vines this morning while the sun was still shining, we were expecting rain and boy did it ever along with the thunder and lightening. Quite a few of the pods were completely dry so I shelled those, the rest are hanging in an airy warm area until they finish drying. Now, a question, can I plant some of this freshly harvested seed or does it have to be completely dry? I just might have enough time for a second crop. DH made two small sturdy pvc frames to use for these peas in the future, the netting on the 6' metal stakes wasn't strong enough, I had to keep propping it up. Annette |
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| Had the same problem with all my peas last year, especially after a deer ran through mesh! Hadn't thought of PVC! This year I put up a small length of metal fencing, 4' tall that I could reach both sides to harvest. (Last year I had trouble getting through the wire for beans Fortex). I used pound in green metal fence posts, and electricians plastic wire ties (colorful and easy to cut) so I can move it next year. It has worked wonderfully, so I am going to put in 2"x4" wire fencing 6' tall for fall planting. TM doesn't list this plant in their catalogue, but an article http://www.seedtoday.com/info/ST_articles.html?ID=113056 says it took them 11 years of breeding to get this seed. That sounds like a lot of hybridization to me. I'd be interested to hear if you manage to get it to come true for you. Oh and how tall did yours get? |
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| Anyway to get seeds in the U.S.A ? Looks like a salad, stir-fry, smoothies winner to me. |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 12:52
| Jolj, I don't know when these are going to be released for sale either in the U.S. or Canada I had to get my seed from the U.K., I think T&M will probably be the first to offer them. I believe some people in the U.S. are already growing these, whether they're going to offer them in trade in the near future I don't know. Happily we don't have any trouble receiving small amounts of seed from the U.S. but unfortunately sending to the U.S. there's always the chance of confiscation. Annette |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 14:21
| Sorry Q, missed your post. The vines were very vigorous and grew 5' for me, this could be due to the very cool spring we had at least something in the garden liked it. As far as if they will come true I'm planting some seed from this batch today, I'm not growing any other peas so there's no chance of crossing. Hopefully I'll be able to post the results here later on. Annette |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sun, Aug 12, 12 at 11:07
| My second planting albeit small from seed harvested this year is up, 100% germination. They're looking good so far, I want to see if they stay true to form, stay that beautiful deep rich color. Hopefully our temps will cooperate and not get too hot for them. Annette |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 12 at 11:01
| Just to finish this off, I now have some small peas from this second sowing and they are the same luscious color as the first ones:). Annette |
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