Peas 'Lokförare Bergfälts Giant Pea'

  • Product number: 110500
  • Origin: Europe, Sweden
  • Latin: Pisum sativum var. Saccharatum

This pod, cultivated in Sweden (Dalarna province) since 1940 and adapted there, has gigantic dimensions and is remarkably tender and sweet! The pods can grow up to 3 cm wide and 15-20 cm long on plants that reach 3 m in height. The bicoloured blossoms, which precede fruiting, are a beautiful violet with brownish-purple. The ripe seeds are recognizable by their grey-green colour with black dots.
A bit of history: around 1940, Alida and Efraim Andersson received seeds of this giant pea from a locomotive engineer, Birger Wilhelm Bergfält, in Ludvika. When Alida and Efraim moved around 1975, they wanted to preserve the pods and gave them to gardener Olle Ridelius in Vassbo. He, in turn, gave them to the Sesame association. How the engineer, who lived between 1890 and 1945, obtained the seeds is difficult to say, but various types of giant sugar peas have existed since the 19th century.

Also check out this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuANtsGO7mI&t=40s

Names:
Latin: Pisum sativum var. Saccharatum
Dutch: Peulen 'Lokförare Bergfälts Jätteärt'
Also known as: Sluimererwten or Peultjes (Snow peas or snap peas)
English: Sugar Pea, Mangetout

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Sowing method: Sowing: indoors January-February, outdoors March-May. Second sowing mid-June (successful most years). Sow in rows 5-10 cm apart. Pick when pods are still young and thin.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: Bicolour violet with brownish purple
  • Origin: Europe, Sweden
  • Average growth height: More than 200 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Pisum sativum var. Saccharatum
  • Dutch: Peas 'Lokförare Bergfälts Jätteärt'
  • Also known as: Snow peas or snap peas
  • English: Sugar Pea, Mangetout
  • All year round

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