Pea Seed - Mange Tout 'Carouby de Mausanne'
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Pea Seed - Mange Tout 'Carouby de Mausanne'

Pisum sativum 'Carouby de Mausanne'

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Supplied as a packet of approximately 200 seeds.

Until you have grown your own Mange Tout you will never know the true sweet flavour and crisp texture.

It never ceases to amaze us that the Supermarkets choose to import this so delicate of vegetable from so far away. As soon as they are picked both sweetness and crispness starts to deteriorate now matter how carefully and quickly they are transported - and why oh why do they sometime offer the 'convenience' of pre-trimming them? That only goes to help make them dry up quicker.

Grow these at home or on your allotment and you will amazed at their amazing crunch and gorgeous sweet flavour. Perfect for eating raw in salads, gently steaming or using in stir fry's.

The habit of the plant is fairly compact, growing to a maximum height of around 2 feet (60 cm) tall.

• For Early Cropping
• Sow under protection in trays or modules February to March.
• Set out when large enough to handle 9" (23 cm) apart in interspaced double rows 30" (75 cm) apart.
• Can also be direct sown as per 'main cropping' under cloches February - March.

• For Main Cropping
• Sow March to July 9" (23 cm) apart in rows 30" (75 cm) apart. Sow in 2" (5 cm) deep drills.

• Top Tips
• Protect newly sown seeds from mice. Mice are notorious in 'sniffing out' seed of this nature!
• Pheasants love young pea plants and will dig up the plants to eat the sprouted seed so take precautions (especially with Autumn sowings) if you have pheasants in your area.
• Protect young plants from pigeons.
• Though not entirely essential, providing some support (pea sticks, netting or canes) will keep the crop tidier and make harvesting easier.
• 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.
• Regular picking will encourage further flowering and subsequent cropping. Mange Tout 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.

Supplied as a packet of approximately 200 seeds.

For a little more in depth information on Pea Seed - Mange Tout 'Carouby de Mausanne' you may find the following articles of great use...
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