Green Arrow Shell Pea

From Hudson Valley Seed Company. Purchased in 2023.

Description and growing instructions below from Hudson Valley Seeds.

Vigorous vines bear numerous pods that pack 8-10 peas each.

Great, tasty green peas are yours for the easy shelling with this three-foot tall variety. It's known far and wide as one of the old standards, still relied upon by commercial growers. Will grow without a trellis if planted in double rows and left to support each other, but this method often results in collapse at maturity--so, if you have rodent or bird problems, a trellis is recommended.

GROWING INSTRUCTIONS.

Peas love cool weather, so sow them the first or second week of April. You can probably get away with plantings up to early May, but after this you're better off waiting until mid-summer (for a fall crop) or next spring.

Soak peas overnight, inoculate them, and then sow them in rows (or double rows, or even more). While you're waiting for the first tendrils to emerge through the moist spring soil (what joy!), you can install a trellis up which the young plants will quickly climb. You can use string and 2x2 posts spaced every ten feet, or you can use chicken wire.