All about Podded Peas

With  snap peas do you still get pea moth grubs? If so, how do you know if you eat the  snaps whole?

You don’t know if you eat the grubs, you just get extra protein       .

In decades to come we'll all be eating insects and grubs 

With  snap peas do you still get pea moth grubs? If so, how do you know if you eat the  snaps whole?

I sow peas early so they finish early, mostly before the pea moth arrives. Frees up the bed space by late June so can I get something else in there (last year it was savoy cabbage, the year before that carrots). By the time the peas are done I'm sick of them anyway, and it's not long before the French beans start cropping.

I've just sown the last of my peas for pods today. I don't know if it's getting a bit late to avoid the moth, but we'll give it a shot. I can't remember getting loads of peas in the past. Maybe we've been eating them at the plot before getting them home.

With  snap peas do you still get pea moth grubs? If so, how do you know if you eat the  snaps whole?

I sow peas early so they finish early, mostly before the pea moth arrives. Frees up the bed space by late June so can I get something else in there (last year it was savoy cabbage, the year before that carrots). By the time the peas are done I'm sick of them anyway, and it's not long before the French beans start cropping.

What do you call early?

Usually Mid February under a mini polytunnel. This year I sowed my first batch direct at the start of March then again in mid-March.

Just waking up this thread since I've been playing with my Pea collection.
So many different types of Peas - podded and mangetout/sugarsnap. Dwarf, medium height and tall. Some need supporting others don't. Some can be grown over winter with autumn sowing, others are spring sown. Some can be sown both autumn & winter. Then there are the coloured pods - green, yellow, purple and different flower colours. Some are good for eating fresh, some are for drying - also known as Soup peas.
Don't forget the Pea beans either!
Too much choice! How can a simple Veggie decide which ones to grow? Any new suggestions?

Can’t help sorry. I’m a complete novice when it comes to peas. I’ve quite a selection of peas waiting for a chance to grow (like everything else). I’ll watch this newly awoken thread for advice. Never grown a soap pea! But I have some. My go to variety is kelvedon wonder. My go to variety of mangetout is Oregon sugar pod. I have another 4 varieties of mangetout and 7 varieties of peas that I must try as soon as I have the space. I look forward to seeing your list

In the past I've grown purple podded, then I changed to Telephone peas but in 2024 I lost the whole row to aphids overnight not grown them since.

I’m a fan of kelvedon wonder as well. I’ve got lots of different varieties to try when I have the space. I never seem to manage to grow very many though? I seem to be copying TMTT a lot in this thread     . I also like growing mangetout , Oregon sugar pod. Again I have several other varieties to try

Oh look nothing has changed for 3 years!
How depressing

I don't bother with podded peas, too many grubs. Mangetout seem to solve that (what I can't see doesn't bother me).

I've sown a few of each of these, with the intention of successional sowing:
Snak Hero - a snap pea, short and sweet they grow a bit like DFB
Norli - new to me, so I've no idea what they're like, only sowed them because I acquired the seed cheap.
Sweet Sahara - I have grown these before but can't remember what they were like, so am giving them another go.
Snow Wind - ditto
Oregon Sugar Pod - seem to work what ever stress I put them under
I'm saving my very precious Bijou for starting off a bit later and will sow some Carouby de Mousanne, a tall Bijou look alike direct when the ground is prepared.