5 Tips How to Grow a Ton of Snow Peas

In this video, I give you my five top tips on how to grow a ton of snow peas so if you want to know how to grow lots of peas watch this vid!

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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane - the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started Self Sufficient Me in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let's get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

[amandalove]

My snow pea just kept growing this year, with no flowers. I did some research and discovered that I fertilised the bed at the wrong time and there was probably too much nitrogen. It was suggested that I add potash to trick them into flowering. I experimented and added pot ash to one side of the snow pea bed. In a day the flowers came out on that side. I thought this might be handy to someone out there.

[kraaazychef]

After 13 years of a toxic marriage, Ive been on my own since November. I never though I would be a gardner, but apparently growing plants has been the best therapy ever, 😆
Started with a single plant on the porch. That grew into dozens of houseplants and even more outside.
Then the food gardening began. Its only been a few months now of growing veggies, but I am proud when I have peopke over, because everything is growing so well. And I owe almost all of it to your videos. I googled a vid on carrots I think and found your channel. You really have a natural gift for teaching in an amazing way. I just wanted to say thanks for doing these and I fully intend to start at the beginning and watch every single one.

[ecocentrichomestead]

I grow my peas on my fence. Fence is there, might as well make use of it!

[grannypeacock]

Now I know why I've never liked snow peas. They're never crunchy in the supermarket. I've only had the sad floppy ones

[dhamby]

Dried or dehydrated peas make a great addition to soups and stews. I really love that you mentioned fermentation, not only as a way of storing produce, but also a great way of enhancing the flavor and feeding our gut biome. So many things that most Americans eat destroys their gut biome and so few things restore it as well as naturally fermented foods.

[randomfx]

I have been binge-watching you for days and I must say your content is fantastic. Informative and educational, straight-talking as you practically demonstrate with no hint of condescension or trying to sell you something. And no click-bait thumbnails. Excellent, just excellent. This is what should be taught in our schools.

[andieho]

I really appreciate when you show spiders and other critters ‘protecting’ your garden. I still jump and run away when I find one but I’m working on seeing them as signs of life in a symbiotic relationship, but it’s hard sometimes!

[Iloveorganicgardening]

My wife and I used to have a running conversation on weather snow peas or sugar peas were best. But now we've done it so long neither can remember which side the other side was for

[DonPandemoniac]

The fun of watching pea plants grow and climb is a reason by itself to give them a go. The plants with hands!

[lexica]

Great video, Mark! A while back my husband came home from the gardening store with seed packets including (among other things) peas. Okay, I thought, you don't like peas and tend to pick around them in stir fry and other dishes, but whatever. To my surprise, he's been intensely interested in the growing process and has apparently decided that training the vines up through the trellis is his personal responsibility. (Works for me, as the shorter of the two of us. 😄)

And to my surprise, apparently he loves eating peas if he's grown them himself. Next time we're going to plant twice as many rows and also do better on the succession planting.

[DivingTemptress]

the bee's knees ... LMFAO that is 1 of my favorite sayings!! Started peas this week, how timely.

[denisemouledous]

I am growing snow peas for the first time in my south Louisiana raised bed garden. I just stuck some pea seeds in the ground and they grew like crazy!!! I have about a 4 foot line of them and harvested about 3 handfuls today! I ate a few raw and am going to steam them for supper!!!

[ramzy]

I love how every week he get more and more into his pickling hobby and brings us along with him on his journey.

[seacoastlife]

You know Mark, I live in a small studio apartment by San Francisco, California. My landlord won't even allow me to have a window box, but I just love watching your videos and I could watch them all day. Hopefully some day I'll be able to afford a place with a yard so I can put some of your excellent advice to work. I might even get a dog too. All the best to you!

[christopherrupley]

Mark...Texas Native here growing TONS of food myself. I just wanted to pop in and say how much I love your show just for the fellowship. Keep rocking, brother! 😎🤟🏼🇺🇸

[sarahk]

I would love to see your fermented vegetable recipe. YUM!

[mytech]

Many common misconceptions about legumes and nitrogen. To set it straight, based on reliable botanical research papers:
1. they need a source of bacteria if peas were grown in that spot in the prior couple of years they should get the bacteria promptly, if they are growing for the first time in a few years and you have not added inoculate powder they will be slow to develop the bacteria root nodules and will need additional nitrogen fertilizer. Each genus of legume generally needs a different species of bacteria, so growing peas after clover won't help the peas form nodules.
2. The bacteria live inside root nodules and the nitrogen produced is taken up directly by the pea. The N is not fixed freely in the soil and is not readily available to any other plants. The only significant N contribution to the soil and other plants occurs from composting the pea plants. [inB4] Yes, sensitive tests with tracer elements have shown N transfer between roots in intimate contact, however it is a minuscule amount that is insignificant to normal plant growth. Part of the issue aside from the N being fixed inside the root nodules is that it is ammonical N, legumes have evolved plenty of the enzymes needed to process ammonical N while most plants have more limited ability to use ammonical N and generally wait for other soil bacteria to convert it into nitrate N before absorption.
3. N is not the only nutrient that plants need, and while legumes place low demands on soil N they often want higher than average P, K, Mg, Ca, S, And many of them do not like lower pH soils, probably because it messes with the nodule bacteria.
4. The partitioning of N varies between different legumes and often a large portion of the N is removed in the harvested portion (N is used for protein). The roots of an annual like peas may have very little N per acre while the tops have substantial amounts but only if dug under while fresh and green, if allowed to mature to dryness like soup beans or peanuts then most of the N is transferred into the harvested seed which can provide a high value crop without further depleteing soil N but they also don't contribute much net gain in soil N. A perennial like alfalfa and certain clovers will contain a much larger amount of N in the root residue and only modest amounts in the stubble(assuming it was mowed for hay). The reason soybeans are rotated with corn is less about the minor N addition and more about breaking disease and pest cycles by alternating a grass with a broad-leaf plant and the climate and economics of the two crops being compatible. On the economic side soybeans are planted when N is expensive simply because they don't need additional N, not because it contributes significant residue for a following corn crop, more acres in soy also reduces supply of corn which can help correct both surplus corn production and decrease N demand(lowering the price.).

[jupekai]

I always interspersely plant all my crops with onion and/or garlic as I find it helps keep pest bugs away very effectively.

[wildedibles]

Ive been saving my own snow pea seeds for several years they can grow a few meters tall
They are growing well with my tomatoes this year :)
Ive tried growing them all over my garden and yes they can take some snow or light frosts i live in Ontario and i can vouch for them living through some light snow

[thericoestrico]

Growing some in my garden this year. Pray for the Lord's blessing for me! God bless.