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Dwarf Pea Douce Provence with round grain - Vilmorin seeds
Dwarf Pea Douce Provence with round grain - Vilmorin seeds
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Douce Provence is a dwarf Pea variety derived from the Petit Provençal variety. It has beautiful pods containing 7 to 9 round and smooth peas, rather light green in colour. Its reputation for flavour is well established: sweet, tender, and melting, it lends itself to all culinary variations.
This early variety offers gardeners an excellent yield. If you live in a region with mild winters, you can sow Douce Provence as early as October or November. In other cases, sow from February to April for harvests from April to July.
The Pea is an annual vegetable plant belonging to the Fabaceae family (formerly Leguminosae) with ancient origins in the Near East. It is one of the oldest cultivated vegetables in Europe and Asia. It was long consumed dry and crushed before cooking, and its consumption fresh is rather recent.
There are many varieties of Peas: dwarf or climbing (pole) varieties producing pods filled with smooth or wrinkled round grains. They are cooked after being shelled because the parchment-like pod in which they are enclosed is not edible. Only snow peas (with flat, crunchy, and buttery pods) are consumed in their entirety.
In general, climbing Peas are more productive but less early and require a structure 1.5 to 2 metres (5 to 7 feet) tall for them to climb. Harvesting is easy. Dwarf or semi-dwarf Peas only require a few branches or canes (from 50cm (20in) to 1 metre (3 feet)) as supports. Some recent varieties, with their foliage mostly replaced by tendrils, support themselves, and the installation of supports is then optional.
Smooth-grained Peas are resistant to spring cold. They are very early or early varieties that can be sown early in the year under cover, but they do not appreciate excessive heat.
For late spring and early summer sowings, wrinkled-grained varieties with a sweeter flavour are used. They tolerate heat and offer longer harvests.
Peas are highly appreciated in spring, but with careful selection of varieties, they can be harvested over a long period from June to September.
In cooking, Peas can be consumed raw, but they are traditionally cooked to accompany meat and fish or for the preparation of delicious soups. They are a fairly calorie-dense vegetable as they are rich in carbohydrates, and contain a lot of fiber, iron, and vitamins C and B9.
Peas like mild and humid climates but are wary of extreme weather conditions such as excessive heat, frost, and both water shortages and excesses, which weaken them and make them susceptible to powdery mildew and the Pea moth, a small caterpillar that eats the seeds.
Harvest: Depending on the variety, Peas are harvested between two and a half and four months after sowing. Harvesting should be regular and take place when the pods feel full when pressed with a finger. Don't wait too long... Peas tend to harden as they age!
Storage: Fresh Peas are stored, unshelled, in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator. They freeze very well once blanched in boiling water.
Gardener's tip: Peas, like all Fabaceae, have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil, acting as a green manure. This nitrogen supply benefits both plants that are nearby and those that will be planted subsequently in a crop rotation system.
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Sowing
Before sowing, you can soak the seeds in a little water for 24 hours to stimulate germination.
For wrinkled seed varieties, you can sow from mid-March until the end of May, when the temperature is 7 to 10°C (44.6 to 50°F) at night and 18 to 23°C (64.4 to 73.4°F) during the day.
For smooth seed varieties, you can sow in autumn around October-November for an April harvest, or sow around mid-February until the end of April for a summer harvest. Even though this variety can germinate in cold weather, it is preferable to protect the seedlings with a forcing cover that will create a microclimate favourable to uniform germination and protect the young plants from birds.
Using a hoe, create furrows 2 or 3cm (1in) deep spaced 70cm (28in) apart for this climbing pea variety. Space the seeds 2cm (1in) apart, cover them, firm with the back of the rake, and water lightly. Do not thin out.
Watering
A few days after germination, hoe the soil along the rows. Water with a watering can equipped with a rose to avoid compacting the soil.
When the plants are well established, mulch the soil after a rainy period.
Do not let the soil dry out, as peas appreciate moisture. It needs regular moisture from sowing until flowering, and then during pod formation. If there is water stress, production is affected. The flowers drop and the pods fail to ripen. The same happens with excessive water, causing flower abortion. Maintaining moisture also helps limit thrips infestations.
Maintenance
Three to four weeks after seed germination, carefully hoe and bury the base of the stems about 10cm (4in) deep to promote better root development. Then, set up the supports, such as branches (willow, hazel, privet...), netting, or trellis, even for dwarf varieties to prevent them from collapsing. Adjust the height depending on the varieties; climbing peas can reach up to 2m (7ft).
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.