Recommend me some TALL varieties of Mange Tout ?

[TheMidnightGrower]

Can anyone recommend some TALL varieties of Mange Tout ?

I grew tall peas this year (heritage types: Telephone, Champion of England) and really found their height attractive.

I have never tried growing mange tout varieties (although Telephone has proved rather nice when picked early, its been an excellent plant all round).

I am most interested in heritage varieties or unusual traits as I am growing for fun rather than massive crops - but as long as they are tall I am very open minded.

Thanks for any ideas.

[veggiechicken]

I always grow Bijou and Golden Sweet Peas and Mange-Tout Peas vegetable seed from The Real Seed Catalogue

[TheMidnightGrower]

Thank you for the link, just had a look. Those look a lot of fun.

[veggiechicken]

Bijou really is huge and Golden Sweet are yellow and show up well amongst the foliage.


You can see which they are on my plate

They're from my experiment! http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml?highlight=

[TheMidnightGrower]

Interesting thread link, ta.

May I ask what the purple ones are?

I think it is indeed safe to call those green ones LARGE !

[veggiechicken]

Purple ones are Shiraz.

[TheMidnightGrower]

Thanks. What sort of height do those get to?

[veggiechicken]

3' - 4' http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1516295

[TheMidnightGrower]

Yes, looks an interesting but will have to read it another night, doing too much stuff at the same time tonight to read it in detail. Thanks.

[veggiechicken]

It was just a link to show you the heights of the different MTs!

[Alison]

Another vote for a Golden Sweet, they're great