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 Sweet Pea/Mangetout/Sugarsnap seeds 
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Post Sweet Pea/Mangetout/Sugarsnap seeds
Hi - have done a very silly thing and got my mangetout/sugarsnap seeds mixed up with my sweetpea seeds.
Only just realised, have gone to pick my lovely (what I thought were mangetout) when saw they were in my pot marked sweetpea!!!
I am assuming it is too early for sweetpea to be podding - and I have not had any flowers - any advice or opinions would be helpful.


Tue May 24, 2011 8:54 pm
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Post Re: Sweet Pea/Mangetout/Sugarsnap seeds
Most edible peas are simple white flowers, the foliage is usually softer and paler green and the pods are a lot bigger. There might be more differences but would need to go and have a look.

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Tue May 24, 2011 11:25 pm
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Post Re: Sweet Pea/Mangetout/Sugarsnap seeds
Mangetout peas will have much larger fleshier foliage and much larger pods they can have white, purple or bicoloured flowers. Sweet pea foliage is usually more wiry and a bluish grey than the brighter green of the mangetout. Sweetpea pods are quite small and don't look very inviting to eat - the seeds are probably poisonous too.

Hope this helps.


Thu May 26, 2011 10:05 am
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