Canoe Pea is a snap pea variety that matures in just 70 days, delivering sweet, tender pods packed with phytonutrients and surprising amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. This hard-working legume does double duty in the garden: while you harvest crisp, vitamin C-rich pods for fresh eating, it simultaneously enriches your soil by fixing nitrogen for future crops. Grow it in cool seasons for the easiest results and most vibrant flavor.
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Fresh from the vine, Canoe Pea pods are sweetest when they're just beginning to fatten, offering a brief window of peak tenderness before the peas inside become starchy. Harvest frequently to keep plants productive throughout the season. The pods themselves are edible and tender at the right stage, making them as rewarding to grow as they are nutritious to eat.
Canoe Pea is grown primarily for its edible pods, which are best enjoyed fresh and lightly cooked to preserve their high vitamin C and niacin content. The pods can be snapped and eaten whole when immature, or the peas can be shelled for cooking. For maximum nutrition and flavor, harvest and eat them as soon as possible after picking, before the sugars convert to starch.
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Direct sow Canoe Pea seeds in cool-season soil, spacing them 1 inch apart in rows 18 inches apart.
Begin checking for maturity as soon as the pods start to swell. The pods are sweetest when they've just fattened but before the peas inside mature into hard seeds. Harvest frequently to keep plants producing; if left on the vine too long, the peas become starchy and the pods toughen. Plan for a 70-day window from sowing to first harvest.
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