Sienna Shelling Pea is a reliable producer bred for the home gardener who wants sweet, tender peas ready to harvest in just 63 days. This shelling variety thrives in cool seasons and reaches maturity quickly, making it possible to squeeze in multiple sowings spring through fall. The plants work hard in more ways than one: beyond filling your kitchen with fresh peas, they fix nitrogen in the soil, quietly enriching the beds for whatever you plant next.
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Fresh-picked Sienna peas deliver genuine nutrition, packed with phytonutrients, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C, and niacin that shine brightest when eaten soon after harvest. The plants are surprisingly easy to grow, especially for cool-season gardeners, and reward frequent harvesting with continuous production. High productivity combined with a relatively short time to maturity means you can succession-plant and enjoy multiple harvests from spring through fall.
Sienna Shelling Peas are shelled fresh from the pod and used as a vegetable in their own right: steamed briefly to preserve their nutritional content, added to spring soups, tossed into grain bowls, or simply eaten raw as a sweet snack straight from the garden. Because they're most nutritious and flavorful when freshly picked, home gardeners value them far more than store-bought alternatives, which lose quality quickly after harvest.
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Direct sow Sienna into prepared soil in spring as soon as the ground is workable, or in late summer for a fall crop. Space seeds 1 inch apart in rows 18 inches apart, planting at the appropriate depth for your soil type. Peas germinate best in cool soil and can tolerate light frosts, so don't wait for warm weather.
Begin checking for maturity as soon as the pods swell, typically around 63 days after planting. Harvest when the pods are full and firm but before the individual peas inside become hard and starchy. Shell the peas by opening the pod at the seam and pushing the peas out with your thumb. Harvest frequently, every other day if possible, to signal the plant to keep flowering and producing rather than slowing down. If pods are left on the vine too long, the peas lose their sweetness and become mealy.
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