Dried pea seeds of Golden Sweet
After five purple pea seeds found in a single pod last year, I only had a single pod full of purple seeds. That pod was attacked by pea moth, I could only rescue a single seed. Plants were very true to type.
Preliminary conclusion is that the purple trait in this color variation in Golden Sweet probably depends on environmental factors.
I probably can’t resist sowing the last purple seeded Golden Sweet next spring, just to see what happens. I don’t expect to find any purple seeds in that future batch, but who can tell without trying it out themselves?
To the right the normal seeds of Golden Snow Pea, to the left a solid purple variation.
I jumped a little on my chair, when I saw these solid purple peas in my Golden Snow Peas.
Since the plant, and the size and shape of seeds are normal for Golden Snow Pea, I guess it’s a sport.
To know, I will grow the seeds seperately, but next to Golden Snow Pea.
Wouldn’t it be interesting with a golden podded solid purple pea?
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Golden Snow Pea Originally uploaded by skrubtudsen
This showy snow pea also taste good. It’s first we are trying it,
and it deserves regular growing in our garden.
Its a tall pea, though not very tall, and early compared to Purple
Podded.
The rain continues, peppers and melons are cold, but all peas love
this weather, as well as the toad himself.
/Søren.
