Garden Pea - Pisum sativum Common Green Pea

Pisum sativum, commonly known as the Garden Pea, is one of the most rewarding vegetables for Melbourne gardeners. It’s a vigorous annual climber that produces sweet, plump peas within 8–12 weeks of planting. Peas can be eaten fresh from the pod, cooked, or frozen, and they enrich garden soil by fixing nitrogen naturally. This classic vegetable thrives in cooler seasons and grows beautifully in raised beds, pots, or trellised garden spaces

Key Features:

• Soil: Well drained loam enriched with compost; avoid heavy clay soils.
• Light: Full sun, at least 6 hours daily for best pod formation.
• Watering: Keep evenly moist, especially during flowering and pod development.
• Fertiliser: Minimal feeding required; peas fix their own nitrogen.
• Maintenance: Train vines up a trellis; remove spent pods to encourage new growth.
• Flowering: White blooms appear before pods form; fruit ready to harvest 8–12 weeks after planting.

Provide trellises, mesh, or stakes for the climbing habit to prevent ground rot

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