Shelling pea "Avola", 50 g, Baltic Agro
Seller: ALLIKASILM
About this product
Shelling pea "Avola" (Pisum sativum) — an early bush variety with wrinkled, marrowfat seed. It is the wrinkle that makes the pea sweet: sugar turns to starch more slowly in such seeds, so the pods still taste good if you are a couple of days late picking.
The plants grow 45–60 cm tall and stand up by themselves — no tall support needed, a low net or some twigs will do. Pods fill in June and July, about 60–70 days after sowing, and almost all at once: a whole row can be picked clean in a fortnight.
The pack holds 50 g of seed — roughly 200–250 peas, or 8–10 metres of row. Producer Baltic Agro, Estonia.
Specifications
- Species: Pisum sativum — garden shelling pea, bush type
- Variety: "Avola" — wrinkled (marrowfat) seed
- Producer: Baltic Agro (Estonia)
- Pack: 50 g (~200–250 seeds, 8–10 m of row)
- Earliness: early, crop 60–70 days after sowing
- Height: 45–60 cm, no support needed
- Sowing: April — June
- Harvest: June — August
- Site: sunny, fertile free-draining soil
Advice from our agronomist
When to sow. Peas do not fear cold: the seed germinates at +6 °C and seedlings take a light frost. Sow the first row as soon as the ground has dried, then add two more at fortnightly intervals — otherwise the whole crop arrives in one week.
About the soil. Peas fix their own nitrogen, so they need no nitrogen feed, and fresh manure actively harms them: the plant makes haulm and few pods. Give potassium and phosphorus in spring.
Sowing depth. 4–5 cm, 5 cm apart in the row, 25–30 cm between rows. Soak the seed for a couple of hours in lukewarm water — it comes up a couple of days sooner.
Picking. Pick ripe pods regularly: the more often you pick, the longer the plant sets new ones. One forgotten pod stops a whole shoot.
After harvest. Cut the haulm but leave the roots in the soil: the nodule bacteria enrich the bed with nitrogen for the next crop.
Codes and attributes
| Warehouse code | 1724 |
|---|---|
| Barcode | 4742604009749 |
| Category | Peas |
Delivery and timing
- Parcel locker — €2.99–3.99, free from 59,00 €
- Courier to the door — €7.99–8.99, free from 99,00 €
- Dispatched within 2 working days