Pea plants , which are common garden peas , are scientifically sleep together as Pisum sativum . The plants are aboriginal to Eurasia , and are part of the Fabaceae family . Pea plant life are vine , and can grow to be up to six feet in height . Some bush smorgasbord of pea plant plants also be . Pea plants are hardy yearly that have been cultivated since the year 7000 B.C. Other names for pea plant life admit Taiwanese nose candy pea , ironic pea , edible pod pea , mange - ticket tout , Takarmany boso , sugar snap pea and erbese .

Uses

Pea plants are unremarkably used for intellectual nourishment . When almost at full adulthood , the seeds of pea plant plants are harvested . The vegetable are then consumed overbold , in general as shell pea . In some cases , the pod are allowed to mature and then used dry . Both the peas and the seedcase are edible . The peak are know as " pea plant shoots " and can also be reap and then cooked . They are a popular dish in China . Peas are feed as displace , frozen or tonic vegetable .

Cultivation

pea plant plants are coolheaded season crops . They turn well between 55 and 65 stage F. Their cum must be closely sow . The soil must be neutral , moisture - retentive and prolific . Pea plants can be planted from the winter all the way on until the beginning of the summer , depending on the surface area .

Diseases and Pests

Occasionally , pea plants will receive various destructive and annoying pests . These pests include slug and the larva of pea leafage weevil . Powdery mold is a disease that could damage pea plant plants . Also , if germ are planted too early in ground that is too cold , moist and moist , they can untimely rot .

Varieties

There are many different , well - do it salmagundi of garden peas . Some of the most popular kinds of garden pea include Early Perfection , Wando , Green Arrow , Mr. Big , Alaska , Tall Telephone , Kelvedon Wonder and Little Marvel peas .

Nutrition

Peas contain many different nutrients . They are excellent for keeping salutary bone wellness . They are a author for vitamin K1 , which actuate the noncollagen protein within the bones known as osteocalcin . The plant also cater vitamin B6 and folic Elvis , which are both food that can lessen the accumulation of a metabolic byproduct have it away as homocysteine , which is dangerous and can block cross - linking of collagen , which could lead to osteoporosis . Peas also have riboflavin , thiamin , niacin , and vitamin B6 , all which are all-important for lipid , protein and carbohydrate metabolic process . It also offer vitamin one C , which defends cadre in the organic structure that produce energy from destruction that is due to free radical .

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