Mangetout vs regular peas - DING DING

[Sarico]

I put for the first year mt Oregon sugar and peas kelvendon wonder about 20 each in pot. So far I had a better risult with mange tout. Peas instead only 3 pods till now. So next year more mange tout than peas. But I have to admit that is exciting when you find a pea pod ready so you snap and eat it straight away. They never will see my kitchen.

[dominic10]

[QUOTE=redser;1009520].
I have to say I'm going to keep sowing the mangetout throughout the year as much as I can and probably never sow regular peas again.

[Peas'n'Kews]

Proper peas for me!

The shells don't need to go to waste, VC, pea pod soup is yummy - let me know if you want a recipe (which is a Darina Allen one).

[Alison]

They're just different and I'll always grow both, to grow just one would be like choosing between cabbages and calabrese, similar, yet totally different.

[veggiechicken]

Proper peas for me!

The shells don't need to go to waste, VC, pea pod soup is yummy - let me know if you want a recipe (which is a Darina Allen one).

I tried making it once (not your special recipe but a made up one) and there were stringy pods left that had to be scraped of the green bits. Put me off a tad!!
A real recipe might be worth trying though! Thanks.

[Newton]

Mangetout or mangepeut.

Eatvitvall wins every time. Mine are cropping now and are lovely raw......snacking at the lottie on peas and strawbs now!

Yum

[Uber-Uncool]

Well i get the best of both worlds. When i grow mangetout i opt to eat them as mangetout or i choose to,leave them on the plant to develop the peas inside and eat them like garden pease. Win win as far as i am concerned. I sow hundeds every year and have great harvests.

[Vince G]

If you've got enough space e.g. a big veg plot or lottie grow both. Yes peas are cheap frozen from the supermarket, but they seem tastier to cook from fresh, and of course raw - they're expensive to buy in their pods.

Think we'll grow both on the lottie every year now. Got Oregon Sugar Pod mangetout, Douce Provence peas (overwintered and loads of them) and Kelvedon wonders (just starting to pod up).

[chris]

Both have their plus points; I like the Goldesweet Mangetout and Victorian Podded Peas and am currently picking from both grown under fleece to keep the pea moth oot!

Are those mangetout the ones you gave me out of the boot of your car in Cardiff a year (or two?) ago? I put a note in saying zaz's peas but now you've written that down that rings a bell

Still haven't sown them, argh ! Must get around to doing it tonight.

[Florence Fennel]

I grow podded mainly for the pleasure of eating them from the plant. All the children love them - they ask if they're ready every time they come and that can be on a weekly basis!

[Florence Fennel]

Oh and mais oui BTW

[Sarico]

I grow podded mainly for the pleasure of eating them from the plant. All the children love them - they ask if they're ready every time they come and that can be on a weekly basis!

that's right.. is nice eat them out the pod... plus i says that i prefer mangetout because i can actually eat a dish instead peas they don't get that far (plant to mouth)
about the cost of them i don't agree... frozen peas are cheap so carrot and some potato ( a fiver for 20 kg) but we still grow them for the taste...

[redser]

that's right.. is nice eat them out the pod... plus i says that i prefer mangetout because i can actually eat a dish instead peas they don't get that far (plant to mouth)
about the cost of them i don't agree... frozen peas are cheap so carrot and some potato ( a fiver for 20 kg) but we still grow them for the taste...

Sure, good point. But I was only listing the price as one of a number of differences between the two. I suppose it's personal for people. For me I literally dont have the time to pick and eat on the plot It's dash dash dash. My plot is small and for the effort and space available mt were clear winners for me. Oh and I had just spent over 2 hours till 1 am podding peas the night before I sent the post and ended up with so much material in the pods to go back to the composter, so maybe that had something to do with it

[CaroltheCarrot]

*Sigh* longs for the day when I can pick any kind of pea

[kathyd]

I've done way better with the mt, for some reason poddy peas don't seem to like me much . I planted Goldensweet in the tunnel ages ago, and they've been producing like mad for weeks now. And I love the pink and purple flowers on them, really pretty. Also planted some Oregon SS which have done quite well, including outside. Haven't had any 'normal' peas to pod yet, but the broadies did take ages and I had 3 times as much compost as beans, and I'm sure peas will be the same .. yes, I know we can eat the broad bean pods and I did try them, but they have a kind of furry texture I found difficult to deal with! Lovely to stroke as you shell them, but not quite so nice on the tongue. Or maybe I'm just a bit weird (but prefer the term eccentric ). So definitely more mt next year, but am also determined to get some poddy ones to grow, just on principal!!