How to Grow Peas From Seed to Harvest

[@epicgardening]

Epic 6-Cell Trays restock daily M-F now and ship in 2 days anywhere in USA / Canada! bit.ly/3lkA6q4​ Now get on your PEA game this season...there's still time!

[@icouldjustscream]

The cells are awesome! I've got corn, lavender, gogis, 3 types of kale started in them. More to plant! Waiting on a third growlight, should be here next week.

[@nervousbabbs2769]

PLEASE HELP! How do you keep stray cats and other animals out of your yard/garden? My raised planters and all my plants become beds these cats won't go and just lay on plants killing them. Never seen an animal intentionally lay on growing plants like these.

[@mikeemmons1079]

I bought peas and beans as a support crop SNow peas, cuz they are great for snacking and a striped red and white Italian bean I am gonna dry for soups this winter.

[@mikeemmons1079]

@@nervousbabbs2769 would your plants be able to grow through a "canopy" of chicken wire? tack it to the edges of your planters so it is suspended above soil level. cats hate the feel of chicken wire as much as tin foil.

[@dlsdyer9071]

Note: if you want to direct sow peas, squirrels leave them alone if you force them to root about a quarter of an inch before planting. The chemical change no longer tastes good. Lost almost 2/3 of my planting until we started this method.

[@Fiscals_Organics]

Do these more often, fo everything. A video for each veggie, or fruit would be cool

[@epicgardening]

Working on it - want to do TRUE seed to harvests

[@saragoucha5244]

@@epicgardening like your own seeds?

[@Fiscals_Organics]

@@saragoucha5244 no, meaning he will do a detailed video, say for tomatoes, from planting the seed, training, feeding, watering, everything detailed from planting the seed, all the way thru harvest

[@melissasullivan1658]

I’ve never successfully brought peas into the house. They tend to just...find their way into my mouth as I’m gardening. It’s so weird. 👀

[@valsptsd814]

Same here.

[@MatthewSherriff85]

Strange how that happens

[@sb2466]

Favorite

[@carrahful]

Pretty sure the same thing will happen in my garden

[@jameswoodgate6477]

Hello friend how are you doing?

[@luci_datum]

I wanna reiterate yet again that you have inspired me, I recently went to the Walmart garden center to browse their clearance and found a half dead star jasmine for $2.50, and now I have a thriving star jasmine near my bedroom window. Never thought I could ever have a plant survive past a week, much less thrive. Thank you for inspiring me ^^

[@epicgardening]

Glad to!

[@trashcatlinol]

Congrats on successfully rescuing a plant!

[@FearlessHomeGardening]

I planted about 1200 pea seeds this year! I’m so excited for a big harvest!! Excellent advice as always!!!!

[@epicgardening]

OMG

[@sunset6010]

@@epicgardening 😂😂

[@mariap.894]

@Growing Around Maybe she dropped a bag of peas by accident. Lol. I did that once 😂😂😂 Blessings 💖

[@jameswoodgate6477]

Hello friend how are you doing?

[@ninjamom1602]

And she's never been heard from again...😱

[@isabelmaldana5934]

Ik this video is about peas but wow that chamomile in the background looks amazing!

[@epicgardening]

Check my guide on it...it's SO prolific

[@isabelmaldana5934]

@@epicgardening I did! thats why im growing some myself!

[@isabelmaldana5934]

Kevin! I hope you know you are actually helping so many people grow a greener thumb. When I just started getting into gardening I found your channel and now I have a small balcony garden! You do are so cool and all the information that you give is amazing. Love you and your team💖💖

[@epicgardening]

So glad to hear this Isabel!

[@melissasullivan1658]

Word to patio gardeners! 🙌🏻

[@LowcountryGardener]

Sugar snap peas is what I like to snack on while in the garden during the cool season, much like cherry tomatoes are my go to garden snack during the warm weather.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Sugar snaps are like candy for me. My brother grew some one year and it was difficult to not eat every one i found. Many ppl feel the same about cherry tomatoes and i think thats one of the best things about gardening, just grazing as you go.

[@grandpaslakehouse-homestea6113]

Our first Pea sprouts just came up. This video was perfect timming

[@SustainablyVegan]

This is SO HELPFUL. I literally just planted my peas :)

[@isaacorth6434]

Same!

[@epicgardening]

[@jacquelinetremblay4166]

Just had mine start to poke out of the soil yesterday 😊

[@sb2466]

Same!

[@stxthebeanfarmer3430]

Yes same

[@neesr13]

When I was young my grandfather had a large garden in which he had a sizeable pea patch. He would go out and pick his peas for grandma to cook for dinner only to find I had eaten the peas, leaving the pods behind. His harvest was smaller than he would have liked but after getting hot under the collar, he had to forgive me as I at least was getting my veggies.

[@Sabbathissaturday]

Awwww

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

who me?!😂

[@Lazydaisy646]

I used to do that. My mum always knew it was me .

[@michaeldove4929]

That's a cool memory

[@KMouseff]

I'm so glad you mentioned the temperature at which peas start to bolt - I was about to plant some this weekend, but 80 degree days are upon us, so fall it is. I wish more pros would talk about actual temperatures and weather conditions that affect plants - it's very helpful information for beginners like me.

[@ryj44]

Greetings! I’m a beginner gardener, and I was scrolling to find this as a more in depth topic of conversation. So how’s it going for you 2 years in? Peas in particular have me confused. Firstly, I live in Tampa Florida. Right now it is a absolutely blistering heat 90’s+ in the afternoons. Very humid as well with our daily 3-4pm storms. I sprout all my plants indoors. Then transplant to small containers on porch completely shaded. They don’t get any sun and look great until I get put in a raised bed, they seem to yellow, wilt, and stop growing. Sun hits them from 1-630p. I’m feeling like they’d be better off completely shaded at this point. Not really sure what to try. Any suggestions, or tips would be appreciated. Thank you

[@tmlizzy]

As kids, my mom grew peas. My twin sister and I would go into the garden to pick "pea candy". we didn't grow up eating candy, so this was it for us. LOL! I still love eating them right out of the garden.

[@Jaggyuar]

You never had candy? Or was it sparingly?? 🤔

[@someguy8273]

I wish I never was fed candy. Took me years to overcome my sugar addiction as an adult

[@katie7748]

​@@Jaggyuar You say that like it's a bad thing.....

[@katie7748]

​@someguy8273 Yeah...not only that but it's NOT good for you. So many health problems come from sugars.

[@KonjikiKonjiki]

When my sister's kids were young, ten and less years old, every time they visited my folks they would make a run for the pea plants and eat their fill. ^_^ What an awesome vegetable. :)

[@SnailHatan]

This is literally perfect timing. My first ever peas just sprouted this morning! Hella cool.

[@NoWayNoAye]

MORE MORE MORE Seed to Harvest 🤩 These are some of the MOST entertaining and educational videos ever.

[@Sam-tg4ii]

OMG, I can not believe this. I am growing sweet peas and had every intention to eat it. You saved my soul. Thank you

[@rebekahwilson2004]

My peas just started flowering! I'm so excited! It's so funny, I'm actually allergic but my daughter loves them.

[@clarissamiles]

I loooooove peas! We planted Green Arrow shelling peas in a make-shift low tunnel (heated later on) on 9-14-20 in Chicago. Some grew, it got cold, they died, but the babies plants lived. They just stopped growing but lived. Then here comes March. We warmed up in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. The peas took off! In 2 weeks...we had flowers. About mid-April, we harvested our first pea's. I harvested a bunch more this morning:)

[@napoleonsgarden5162]

Yes please do a video on the bamboo teepee type trellis! I’d love to see how someone ties those up before I attempt to make one for my beans

[@thasfun]

I am so glad I watched this video. You have saved my small urban crop. I have been doing EVERYTHING wrong. 😳 Thank goodness I am at a stage where I can transplant and get growth.

[@laurendao4467]

This was incredibly helpful! My daughter got a fairy garden that had snap pea seeds. They quickly took over the plastic garden so I took them out and put them outside with zero research and information. They are now producing pods! I found this looking for when it’s time to harvest. But now I definitely want to grow them again next year, but have a better place in my yard in mind to give them cooler temps and a little shade. Thanks, Kevin!

[@kevinbossick8374]

I grew snap peas for the first time last fall. They came out great, and were so easy. All direct sow. I have more, about two feet tall, for a spring crop. I have been making monthly videos of my garden progress.

[@Klipsx]

My peas are doing great! I'm a first time gardener and Everything is going fine so far, right now they are cute little seedlings

[@tannerternes9867]

I was planting some peas today and wondered if you had a video on them or not, I open KZbin and you’re right there waiting!

[@dh.151]

I have green and purple snap peas growing, started quite a few weeks ago. Tons of edible flowers, amaranth, chamomile, sunflowers, and radishes! May not seem like a lot but I live in the mojave desert 🤣 so I'm extra excited about a little green in my garden bed.

[@GabyP17]

I’ve never grown peas but I have a bunch of seeds waiting! Thanks Kevin! ❤️ PS. This was my first year doing seeds and I have tons of varieties of peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, squash, and cucumber taking over my apartment. SO exciting!! My bf thinks I’m crazy cuz I talk to my plants but whatever 🤪

[@Ilsehoudtvanjou]

Eating peas right out the pod is one of the many nice memories i have with my late grandpa, great video as always!

[@prolly2stoned420]

I have a habit of planting stuff then coming to this Chanel to see how it’s supposed to be done and I ALWAYS do it the wrong way 😅 maybe I should start coming here first.

[@markytag2921]

Love how you just popped up and started talking. Made me laugh out loud 🤣 Thanks for inspiring me to start a garden. I’m loving it! Never knew I would appreciate gardening so much. Trying not to go overboard!

[@joseruiz7575]

Planted snow peas with my kids last month. They are getting a kick out of checking on them in the evenings. Perfect plants for kids.

[@nikki4012]

Just planted pea seeds for the first time a couple days ago! Just starting to come up, it's so amazing to watch!

[@chateaxublue]

Thank you so much for this video. So perfectly timed. I've been growing peas and the results haven't been consistent - some don't make it to full size. Now I know why: my watering has been irregular and that's probably why I've been struggling with spider mites.

[@epicgardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vernonhuffman2311]

I stapled bird netting on a wall in my greenhouse and my peas have a field day climbing that thing. Its great. Nice vid.

[@gabbygill1516]

Snap peas are EVERYTHING in a salad!! Even if you don't like salad. It's so good!!!

[@canna_nymph]

Yessss I grew them for the first time this spring and I think they’re my favorite. Loved the shapes or the leaves and the flowers and it’s sweet tasty peas with protein

[@lisali2865]

I just harvest my pea today, end of Apr. Great spring veggie. Easy to grow and no need for a lot of space. I grow mine in container sitting in a south facing balcony

[@nellanddudley]

I've been busy building my greenhouse so my peas aren't going in until today. Hopefully, it's not too late. Loved the video!!!

[@salty_armorer4027]

This video is my childhood. Me and grandpa planting all kinds of things and when it came time to harvest, we ate practically all of the peas fresh off the vine while we worked. I wish peas grew better than they do in my part of Florida.

[@theknittingsiren]

I grew up hating peas. I had never had a fresh from the garden pea. Now it’s my favorite.

[@jameswoodgate6477]

Hello friend how are you doing?

[@kerriefaichney4901]

Im in central Victoria Australia grew sugar snap peas for tge first time last year plant seeds direct into my bed autumn by the end of winter l had so many peas it blew me away!! My peas are in the ground once again have built a bigger support this year so excited to grow them again....growing them next to garlic again both crops grew well

[@sierrrrrrrra]

I put some peas in the fall and ive been harvesting this month. They grow great in my compacted, clay soil:)

[@jameswoodgate6477]

Hi how are you doing today?

[@Dom10Sage5]

The peas in our garden may not produce this year just because here in central Arkansas, we had cold weather, then just cool(which is when I planted the peas about 2 weeks ago) they are about 4-6 inches tall, however our temps have been mid to high 70s this last week with Plenty of rain. If they produce, they won't make it to the kitchen. We are so bad about just "snacking" while in the garden. 😆 Btw, I love your intercropping of lavender, nasturtium, and the peas. I do a lot of intercropping and I enjoy seeing what other people put together.

[@shaunagustavus1317]

I just eat the entire pea pod on snap peas. The whole thing is sweet and delicious.

[@emptynestgardens9057]

Me too!! So yummy.

[@DragonflySailsHomestead]

Me too! I don’t waste time shelling them. This is our first year growing peas on our new homestead.

[@Maggie-eq4cd]

Thank you Kevin for all your great tips. I am in the UK. I started growing veg last year and only use fabric grow bags of various sizes so your container tips have been most useful. Most of what I do is experimental so your knowledge has been super. Also it was nice of you to mention Huw Richards and give him credit for the rain pipe tip.

[@lisamatthews6533]

You have literally the BEST gardening channel, I check your vids first now. Thank you for your awesome-ness, such great info!

[@patriciafisher1170]

Here in Australia winter is the best time to grow our peas and lettuce. Just love them eaten fresh straight off the vine. Love your videos

[@vivianvk738]

thanks for being specific about planting, fertilizing and harvesting

[@silverleaf79]

Love peas so much! I'm an amateur breeder and peas are my favourite plant to breed. Delicious and beautiful. :)

[@raeperonneau4941]

Love the Pea Obelisk with the bee house on the top. Super cool.

[@benkitesurfs]

Completely agree with you on snap peas. Those are the only ones I grow. The flavor and simplicity is great!

[@pattyclarkson3]

I eat the pods too. My dog loves them as well.

[@pattyclarkson3]

@anand bagmar chinese crested

[@valerieburkett2903]

The shelling peas were my favorite thing that came out of my first time garden last year. And I grew around 25 crops! There is nothing like that flavor!

[@kristab1638]

Peas are the perfect crop, I planted a lot, all 3 kinds and some just for shoots too. Also good just to cover some bare ground until summer crops go in because you can never have too many. They're a veg that freezes well if you really can't eat them all.

[@laggywarden2915]

I planted my peas in very late March and then it snowed on a day during late April here and they are huge they should be blooming soon:)

[@edemyre8993]

Another well done video, and I am SO with you on standing in the garden eating fresh peas! I live in zone 9b, this year i'm going to try an early Fall crop, then some succession planting. Wish me luck.

[@yvonnegreenthumbbeachbum1455]

Awesome vid! I'm just now getting into peas & beans and I'm soo excited to get started! Thanks alot! 🤗🌱🌞

[@markho5627]

I grown snow peas for many years and it's the end of the season here in Los Angeles. My best production is via aquaponics. They out produce the dirt by a wide margin. My 3 pea plants in aquaponics can produce as much as 20 plants in soil. I never weigh them, but I bet it's easily over 5 lbs with just 3 plants.

[@jiujitsuforall8627]

We grew the sugar pod snap peas for the first time and they're so sweet, almost like candy!

[@demitriyourfavoriteneighbo6715]

I’m growing peas this year, i’ll use this guide!

[@MyNiagaraGarden]

Thanks for the video Kevin! With Springs getting shorter and shorter (here in 7a we seem to go from Winter to Summer much quicker now) our cool weather crop season is getting tougher to grow bumper crops! Fingers crossed for this spring!

[@epicgardening]

I hear you on this!

[@jacobmoncher6193]

I am really digging all of the flower work you’ve done in your garden!!!!

[@jgrady9553]

Great timing- Setting out peas and direct -sowing over the next few days and this is inspiring. Also, we grow the last type of peas- drying peas/soup peas- one of the best winter storage crops. Would like to see the bamboo lashing trellis video!

[@klcpca]

You know you are a dedicated viewer when you take the time to watch a video on growing peas when you have no intention of ever growing peas because you don't even like peas!!! LOL 💖

[@epicgardening]

I appreciate that!

[@melissasullivan1658]

I’ll do you one even further: when you don’t even need help growing peas because they’re already blooming - but you watch anyway just to support Kev and the team. 😂

[@cattastroficka196]

I grow peas for the pods only. Stir fry with a little oil, soy sauce, chopped garlic, a touch of white sugar and a tbls of oyster flavored sauce. It’s really good. You can leave out the oyster sauce too.

[@catsknit23]

If you don't like peas it's because you haven't eaten them right in the garden! I never liked green peas either until I grew them. Now, we eat them all before they make it inside.

[@klcpca]

@@catsknit23 that very well could be... the only peas I've had has been the "squishy" ones from a can or frozen... never fresh from the garden.... maybe I should hold of judgement for a while :)

[@mochalab6286]

I laughed out loud when you said, “there’s no point in bringing them indoors”. I grow climbing peas purposely to eat as I am doing my daily garden checks. They NEVER make their way into the house. I call it the gardener’s treat; the equivalent to the chef’s treat!

[@christian_cantarutti]

Peas are the only thing that has sprouted so far in my garden. Good timing.

[@earthisflat]

I got a mystery seed pack, planted out early summer to my suprise they were snap peas, highly productive and an absolutely tasty garden snack

[@rockyusa2012]

Great tips. Wow 40 plus plants together. I will try 8 and hope it goes well. 👍

[@AntiUgg]

My vegetable garden started with sugar snap peas, they’re great for beginners! I’ll try winter sowing peas next year.

[@groceriesforsale8169]

I love your vibes man. Every video is inspiring. I tried to grow peas last spring and I got maybe 10 or less out of like 3 plants. Now I know what to do. 🙏

[@jennyl.5358]

TY, TY!! Decided this year to use indoor grow tent & had to use the grow lights to for them to grow up, I didn't know you can't plant so close together. I only have 8 plants but 1st try

[@meriphiusfelamorr779]

peas in a salad are absolutely amazing. and I love all your videos. thanks for being epic

[@BritishWestIndian]

Transplanted some pea plants in our garden a week or so ago. Discouraged to already find red spider mites crawling all over the now 4 in. vines. Blasted them with a neem + dr bronners peppermint soap soln two days in a row but still see some crawling about. Not sure if frequent neem application or even spider mites themselves would be harmful to the plant but with all the plants, compost, containers, structures, fertilizers and pest control products that seem necessary, gardening is tougher and more expensive than I expected for plants that may not even bear fruit.

[@rosegeaber7533]

Thanks for the video! I am going to direct sow some sugar snap peas tomorrow. I live in New England and the nights are still cool and will be for at least another month! I can't wait to see my harvest! Thanks again!

[@DavidCtin02]

Intersting fact - Snow Peas at least in my country are called - pod beans - and we make some kind of stew from them Shelling peas - this is actually what we call peas - stew with some pork mean inside and some tomato paste - its amazing. Never seen snap peas. :)

[@duncanfranklin9462]

I see the extreme microbes jacket. I just started using thier stuff this year and it definitely makes a difference

[@tyleraguiar223]

Thanks for another great video! My first crop of peas EVER is kicking ass! Thank you.

[@epicgardening]

Nice!!!

[@apnatva]

Those nasturtiums😍

[@icouldjustscream]

Gorgeous! I've got jewel mix and double cherry rose nasturtiums started. The hummingbirds adore them.

[@mariap.894]

@@icouldjustscream aaaww! Shame I can't grow them here in Florida 😭 Any tips? Maybe I'll try growing them again...

[@anthonyshea5946]

Thanks Kevin- perfect timing. Since I’m switching to a tomato trellis- all my old tomato cages are in a corner. So- I’m using them for my peas this year. So far so good- wish me luck

[@epicgardening]

Love this!

[@ambethk77]

Me too! Seems to be working well.

[@mikeemmons1079]

Unrelated to this video, but regarding ginger? I found what I think is the most cost effective planter for it: dollar store litter boxes. drill a few holes for drainage and you are golden.

[@epicgardening]

Fantastic!

[@heidigib01]

I’m in Mesa Az and just have garden peas a couple weeks old and I’m about to plant dwarf peas. Crossing my fingers. They’re one of my favorite food but I have truly sucked at growing! So I’m hoping the fall will be kinder and they actually make more than a couple pods! I had something kill the fist ones and I think powder mildew. All yellowed and died as they were finally making flowers and had a couple pods. When I was younger we lived in Virginia for awhile and my dad grew peas and I’d take a paper bag of them for lunch.

[@JanGambill]

Never liked peas but had space and my dogs love them. I tried them raw and surprisingly they are good .( I was raised with frozen or canned peas)

[@mildyweinstein7853]

Don’t forget, you can eat the entire pea and pod on the sugar snap pea varieties. It is all delicious and sweet!

[@juneramirez8580]

Most of my sugar snap peas don't make it into the house. Some grew to long to chew the pods so they were shelled and still eaten raw everytime I open my fridge! Will always grow them in the proper seasons!

[@SuperStarDIY]

Hey Kevin, it's Jennifer from Ohio. Last year I grew shelling peas, both green and purple ones (so pretty!) and they grew wonderfully! However I never took the time to unshell them (de-shell...whatever...) 🤔 and so... truthfully, they went to waste.😡 This year I went back to the ones with edible pods! 😇 Thanks for the video!💖🌞🌱

[@duconlajoie9680]

Hi, i'm a noob garderner from France, i'm doing my very first garden ... and i'm doing it in a wasteland. I just wanna say that you'r vids are perfects ! sound, vid, very good explainations, cute smiling guy, perfect ! I'll eat my first own vegetables with a thinking for you. ( please excuse my bad english )

[@maggiemanzke7926]

Can't wait for my snow peas to get bigger - love them!

[@marksmall7790]

Good information on a veggie that is always a top producer in my garden.

[@jessicamiller7539]

You're growing one of my favourite varieties of Nasturtium. I love the Peach Melba! So pretty

[@avabarker7774]

I love your videos because I live in the same climate zone as you do (Orange County) and we have followed your advice and come up with some healthy compost and successful crops!

[@eriklane4808]

Nice shout out to Huw! Love his channel too!

[@epicgardening]

Great guy!

[@bongies42]

Aww I miss your epic homesteading videos anything coming out on that channel

[@epicgardening]

Just a bit behind right now!

[@muzzleflash1]

Those peas looked really delicious! Thankyou for another educational and inspiring video.

[@Jeff_PNW]

I'm in the PNW, 100 miles north of Seattle. Powdery mildew definitely hits the peas around early-mid summer, aphids as well maybe a bit sooner. I typically start spraying with neem oil before that...problem solved unless we get torrential rains, lol.

[@zryaix]

My peas recently germinated, can't wait to harvest

[@valsptsd814]

I have some bird that discovered my peas. I had to put green cloth around them. And plan for a second crop, because I’m okay sharing a FEW. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bowl of peas make it indoors. It’s pretty much what you eat while you garden. 🍈🍈🪀🪀

[@GardenIdeas01]

These peas variety is tasty when fried with beef, i try last time was fail i follow your method and try again , thanks for sharing to us such informative and educational channel

[@erinkeyehkey6852]

I love peas but that chamomile you have growing with yours is pretty sweet too.

[@samanthakwait8782]

We’re having a very mild summer in Alaska but my peas are thriving