Sugar Snap Pea
vegetable
Round, plump, sweet pods eaten whole — vines or compact bush types available. Needs support for vining types (5–6 ft trellis). Pick when pods are fully round and snappy. Sow as early as soil can be worked — tolerates light frost.
At a glance
- USDA Zones
- 3–9
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium — water when top inch of soil is dry
- Soil
- Loam
- pH
- Neutral
- Spacing
- 6 in. between plants
- Per square foot
- 4 plants per square
- Days to maturity
- About 65 days
Planting & harvest windows
Northern Hemisphere timing. Adjust ±4–6 weeks based on your last/first frost dates.
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Plant Harvest
Good companions
Keep apart from
Recommended varieties
- Sugar Snap (Original)65 daysseed
The 1979 All-America winner that started it all — vining, very sweet, 6 ft.
- Super Sugar Snap65 daysseed
Improved disease resistance over the original. Still vining.
- Sugar Ann58 daysseed
Compact bush habit (24 in.) — no trellis needed. Great for raised beds.
- Cascadia60 daysseed
Semi-dwarf, stringless, mildew-resistant. Pacific Northwest favorite.
Add Sugar Snap Pea to your raised bed — the planner handles spacing and companion warnings automatically.
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