Pea Plant 'Douce Provence'
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Pea Plant 'Douce Provence'

Pisum sativum 'Douce Provence'

Grows to around 2½ft tall (without the need for support) and always produces a heavy crop of sweet delicious peas - so sweet and succulent.

Over the past few years these peas have given an exceptional performance and yield in our own vegetable gardens and we have a row or two 'on the go' virtually the whole year through. This variety can even be grown as an over-winter pea.

Is there a more versatile variety? We think not!

Supplied as compost block grown plants.

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How To Grow Douce Provence Peas

For Summer & Autumn CropsSet out March - August 5" apart in interspaced double rows 24" apart.

For Outside Over-Winter Crops
Set out September - November 5" apart in interspaced double rows 24" apart.

For Over-Winter Crops Under Protection
Set out October - March 5" apart in interspaced double rows 18" apart under cloches, in a greenhouse or polytunnel.

Top Tips
Protect young plants from pigeons.
Young pea shoots are a real delight to eat raw in salads.
A good precaution to prevent damage from Pea Moth or Pea Weevil is to spray the entire plant (flowers included) with our BioFriend Plant Defence periodically during the flowering period.
Water well if the weather is dry when the pods are swelling.
Regular picking will encourage further flowering and subsequent cropping. Peas freeze well so better to pick regularly and freeze any excess as this will keep the plants producing.
After harvesting dig the plants into the ground to provide green manure and valuable nitrogen to the soil.