Pea Hurst Green Shaft Seeds
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Product information
Pea Hurst Green Shaft – RHS Award of Garden Merit
Discover Pea Hurst Green Shaft, an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner and one of the most popular varieties. This exhibition-quality pea produces heavy crops of long pointed pods, each containing around 10 peas with wonderful flavour. The plants grow to a height of approximately 60cm. When harvested young and cooked within 30 minutes, these peas retain their sweetest flavour before the sugar turns to starch.
Handy Tip: As plants grow and the crops mature, stems can become quite heavy, especially after rain. Ensure to tie the plants to the support netting for extra support.
Key Features
- RHS Award of Garden Merit: Recognized for its outstanding qualities.
- Exhibition quality: Perfect for showcasing in competitions.
- Heavy crops: Produces long, pointed pods in pairs, each containing around 10 peas.
- Delicious flavour: Offers a wonderful taste, especially when cooked fresh.
- Height: Grows to approximately 60cm.
- Fresh-grown advantage: Experience a different vegetable compared to frozen peas.
- Ideal for young harvest
Technical specifications
| Approx. Seed count | 350 seeds |
| When to Sow | April to May |
| Where to Sow | Prepare a flat-bottomed drill in the soil. |
| What to Do Next | Space seeds 5cm apart in the drill, with 60cm between drills. Cover with soil and tamp down. Protect seedlings from birds with netting, and provide net support for climbing plants. For early spring sowings, plant in plastic gutter or modular cells under glass, then transplant to the plot. |
| Harvest | July to September |