PlantSowGrow
How to grow Mangetout (Oregon Sugar Pod)
Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
🥕 Vegetable
🌱 Grown each year
Flat, sweet, stringless pods eaten whole — raw in salads or lightly stir-fried. Quick and productive.
At a glance: Sow early March to mid June, harvest from late April.
When to sow, plant and harvest
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow outdoors
Harvest
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Mangetout (Oregon Sugar Pod): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water regularly in dry weather
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 5 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- A general feed before sowing or planting
- Harvest
- About 65 days from sowing
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–9
- Difficulty
- Easy
Step by step
- Early March – mid June · 6 weeks before the last spring frost
Sow Seeds Outdoors
Sow thinly in drills where they are to grow.
- 7–14 days after “Sow Seeds Indoors” · Early March – mid March
Check Germination
Seedlings should appear in 7–14 days. If sown outdoors, thin to 5 cm apart when big enough to handle.
- 7–21 days after “Plant Out” · Mid March – late March
Add Support
Give them pea netting or twiggy sticks about 1 m tall.
- 51–72 days after “Check Germination” · Late April – mid May
Start Harvesting
Pick while pods are flat, before the peas swell inside.
- 14–28 days after “Start Harvesting” · Mid May – late May
Sow Another Batch (optional)
Sow again every 3–4 weeks for a steady supply.
- 35–65 days after “Sow Another Batch” · Mid June – mid July
Finish and Clear
Clear the remains to the compost heap once cropping ends.
