When to pick sugar snap peas?

Pick one sugar snap pea to test for ripeness. Pull the pea from the vine, holding the vine with one hand so you don't pull it out of place. Snap the pea in half. Look inside the broken halves. If you see thick, green walls and small peas inside the walls, then the peas are ripe and ready to be picked. read more

Sugar snap pea varieties should be tender, with immature seeds, when harvesting peas for pods. Snow peas are ready for harvest when pods are developed, before pea seeds appear. Garden (English) peas, grown for seeds, should be developed but still hold tender peas when harvesting. read more

Todays subject: growing and harvesting sugar snap peas, and we have talked about growing peas, now lets dive into how to harvest them. Harvesting Sugar Snap Peas . As I mentioned above, peas are quick growers and oftentimes can grow an entire foot in one week. Peas will flower and then the flowers turn into pods and the peas begin to grow. read more