when was the last time you went into your garden
shelled some fresh green peas
and ate them fresh right off the pods
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So shelling peas are different from snap peas
and we will be looking at growing shelling type peas in today's video
you can easily grow green peas in containers
you can either sow the seeds directly in a container as you see here
we're using this 16 inch wide container in which you can directly sow the seeds and
green peas transplant very well
so you can even sow the seeds in a starting
kit as you see here and then transplant the seedlings once they reach
about two or three inches in height by using the transplanting technique you
can actually ensure a healthier life for your green peas because you can choose
the healthiest plants and discard the ones that were not very healthy so in
this case we are planting four plants in this container and we will also be using
some kind of trellis or support so that the plants are well supported now green
peas are winter-loving plants so when it's wet and cold and when most of the
other plants are not growing in your garden these green peas will thrive
so this makes them an ideal candidate for winter gardening so twenty days since planting
you can see that the plants have started growing well the soil I'm using is there
is rich in organic material green peas do not need any kind of fertilizer to
grow I've noticed that just by using compost and good organic material in
your soil you can grow some great green peas and 30 days since planting you
can see that
the green pea plants have started using the trellis as support for watering the
green peas I'm using a drip irrigation system I'll soon have a video on how my
drip irrigation system works and you can see that the plans have started growing
pretty well and green peas are one of the plants that really require no
maintenance at all and I haven't seen any slugs orsnails attacking the green
peas plants as well now this green pea variety will keep producing pods like
these and unlike the sugar snap peas which is eaten with the pods this pea
variety is only grown for its green peas which are formed inside the pods
so you would eat the peas inside the pods and then discard the outer shell so
you can see the peas have started forming now and this variety of peas which is
called recruit is usually ready for harvest in about 75 days so let's go
ahead and harvest these green peas as you can see the green peas have formed
inside the shell they're pretty decently sized and eating fresh they are just so
amazing
now some of you have asked me whether investment of your time and gardening is
really worth it? Well, look at it this way where else can you just walk into a garden, harvest
peas like these, shell and eat them It is such a joy believe me by eating
produce that's available in the grocery store all you can do is buy the product and eat it
by growing your own there's a different joy that you experience in eating fresh
really good food right from your backyard gardening not only lets you
produce nice healthy food in your backyard it is also very stress
relieving and healing now this green pea plant will give you harvests for a long time as long
as the plant grows make sure that you have sufficient space in the trellis because
these pea plants will keep producing
pods as it grows higher and higher as you can see here is producing all those
pods around it and you can get a good harvest from a decent sized pea plant
as you can see here this keeps producing pods towards the top and a pea plant
will keep producing till its about springtime so there we have it that was
our video on the shelling type peas this pea variety is called recruit and it
is an excellent pea variety to grow in your garden as you can see we didn't really
use a large amount of space we just used a small container and we still got a very
good harvest California gardening wishes you happy holidays and this is a good
time to start preparing for your next growing season as well see you again soon