Peas - will they cross?

[bario1]

I have some sugar snap peas growing that were kindly donated to me by a fellow grape, they are a self saved 'tall' variety. I'd like to save seed from them myself this year, but my question is this: if I grow my usual (small) variety of sugar snap peas alongside, will they cross and the resulting seeds lose their 'tall' attribute?

[utini]

From what I've read, they're self fertile, and nearly always pollinate before the flowers open, so I think the risk is pretty small.

[Squingy]

Utini is right, they can cross in theory but it's very rare. If you're going to save for home use I'm sure it would be OK.

[nickdub]

You don't want to tangle with a cross pea plant - I've had some vegetables which were furious at me, never again. :-)

[Thelma Sanders]

I've never isolated mine bario1 and they've been ok so far

[bario1]

Great, thanks everyone!