Shelling Pea
Maxigolt Pea is an open-pollinated bush pea that reaches harvest in just 65 days, making it one of the quickest varieties to bring fresh pods to your table. This compact, non-vining cultivar is prized for its exceptional flavor and forgiving harvest window, traits that matter when you're picking at peak ripeness. Grown as a cool-season crop, Maxigolt thrives in spring and fall gardens where temperatures stay mild, rewarding patient growers with abundant yields of tender, flavorful peas.
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What sets Maxigolt apart is its combination of speed and reliability. At 65 days from seed to harvest, you'll be eating fresh peas faster than most gardeners expect, yet the variety doesn't sacrifice flavor or yield for that early productivity. The bush growth habit means no trellising required, a major advantage for small-space gardens or container growing. Best of all, this variety offers a generous harvest window, giving you flexibility to pick at your leisure rather than racing against a narrow ripeness window. For a gardener who values both flavor and practicality, Maxigolt delivers on both fronts.
Maxigolt peas are eaten fresh from the pod or shelled for use in salads, light stir-fries, soups, and side dishes. Their tender texture and sweet flavor make them equally suited to raw snacking straight from the garden or gentle cooking that preserves their delicate taste. The compact bush form means you can grow them in containers or small garden beds, making them practical for gardeners with limited space who still want homegrown peas.
Sow Maxigolt seeds directly into the garden in early spring as soon as soil is workable, or in late summer for fall crops. Inoculate seeds with a pea inoculant before sowing to promote nitrogen-fixing nodule formation.
Pick Maxigolt pods when they are full and bright green but still tender, before the peas inside become too large and starchy. The forgiving harvest window means you have some flexibility if you can't pick every day, this variety doesn't shatter or toughen as quickly as some peas. Harvest in the morning when pods are plump with moisture, and use gentle thumb pressure to snap pods from the vine to avoid damaging the plant.
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