Pea Seed 'Carouby de Mausanne' (Mange Tout)

Until you have grown your own Mange Tout you will never know how sweet and crisp they can be.

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

Climbing habit, growing to a maximum height of around 6 ft (1.8 metres) 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 for sniffing out pea seeds!
• 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.