Fothergill's Pea Hurst Green Shaft Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Pisum sativum, a superior, wrinkled-seeded traditional maincrop pea.
• Double-Podded Abundance: Remarkably prolific, frequently producing pods in pairs along the stem, with each long, pointed pod tightly packed with up to 10–11 plump, uniform peas.
• Superb Sweet Flavour: Renowned among home growers for its outstanding, intensely sweet taste and tender, juicy texture that far outperforms standard store-bought alternatives.
• Exhibition Bench Standard: The definitive choice for competitive vegetable exhibiting, highly prized for its flawless visual uniformity, rich green colour, and reliable pod length.
• Manageable 75cm Profile: Reaches a sturdy, semi-dwarf height of 75cm (30in), offering a balanced and tidy growth habit that is perfectly suited for medium-sized plots, allotments, and raised beds.
• Excellent Disease Resistance: Displays fantastic natural field tolerance to downy mildew and fusarium wilt, ensuring the foliage stays healthy and productive across a long summer season.

Care Instructions:

• Sow seeds directly outdoors from spring to early summer in flat-bottomed drills 5cm deep, spacing the seeds roughly 5cm apart in fertile, well-worked soil.
• Provide a reliable, medium-height support frame—such as pea netting, short bamboo hurdles, or branching twigs—to keep the 75cm vines upright and the heavy pods clear of the damp ground.
• Water the rows generously once the first flowers appear and continue to maintain consistent soil moisture during pod inflation to ensure your peas stay sweet, tender, and burst with juice.