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ysabetwordsmithFolks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. The current batch features landrace gardening.
Open Pollinated Land-race Peas
I grow my own variety of genetically diverse open pollinated land-race shelling peas on my farm.
Benefits
Commercial varieties of garden peas are bred to mature on the same day so that they can be harvested by machine. My peas are hand picked and mature over a few weeks so I don't get a huge overabundance on one day and nothing the next.
Read more of this article.
If you wish to create landraces, then peas are among the most fun vegetables to breed. They come in multiple colors such as green, yellow, and purple. They bloom in even more colors. They can grow in bush or vine habits. Popular types include garden peas, sugar-snap peas, snow peas, and dry peas. Their genes are very diverse, and in fact peas were used to demonstrate early genetic principles. So they can adapt to just about anything.
Peas don't seem to suffer from cytoplasmic male sterility. You can safely use peas for breeding even if they are hybrids -- although you'll get better diversity from non-hybrid peas.
Here are some options. Look how many landraces there are! :D
Cowpea, Sage's Texas - Snake River Seed Cooperative
(Cream, lavender, black, and red-violet peas; small peas; good as shelling peas or dry peas.)
Fagiolina del Trasimeno Cowpea - Great Lakes Staple Seeds
(Cream, tan, and burgundy peas; good as dry peas.)
'Grandpa McKay's Cream Pea' Cowpea - Experimental Farm Network
(Short pods with small peas, "cream pea" type meaning it has a thin, pale, often fully see-through skin that is best used fresh during the shelling stage.)
Hiemale Landrace Peas - Terre Promise (Canada)
(High diversity with cream, green, and brown peas; spotted and solid; smooth and wrinkled; different sizes. Good as shelling peas or dry peas.)
Pea (Garden): Mexican Landrace (30 seeds) -- The Buffalo Seed Company
(Mostly light brown with a few green peas.)
Peas - The Buffalo Seed Company
(Multiple landraces and other types.)
Asian Pea Seeds - Packet to Bulk - Kitazawa Seed Company
BLUE BUTTERFLY PEA VINE (Clitoria Ternatea) Seeds - Seedwise
Butterfly Pea - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
(Leaves, young shoots, flowers, and tender pods are all edible; the deep blue flowers produce a blue food coloring.)
Darlaine Soup Pea - Wilddreamsfarm
(Grows 2' tall, almost white to pale green dry peas.)
Dry Soup Peas - Resilient Seeds
Golden Sweet Yellow Snow Pea Seeds - SeedsDay
Half-Pint Pea Miniature Heirloom - Smart Seeds Emporium
(Miniature pea plant perfect for container gardening, 8" tall, fat and bushy, normal sized pods; vigorous plants tolerate hard frosts and produce very early.)
Heirloom Garden or English Pea Seeds - Victory Seeds
Heirloom & Non-GMO Pea Seeds - CreationSeeds
Heirloom & Organic Pea Seeds - Seed Savers Exchange
Heirloom Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum var.sativum) - Heritage Harvest Seeds (Canada only)
Heirloom Pea Seeds - Underwood Gardens
Heirloom Pea Seeds - Westwind Seeds
Heirloom Peas - Anderson Seed & Garden
Heirloom Peas - Mary's Heirloom Peas
Open-Pollinated & Heirloom Peas - Territorial Seed
Pea, Dry/Soup, 'Roveja' - Uprising Seeds
(Multicolored, solid and speckled peas.)
Pea Organic Seeds (Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non GMO) - GardenGuide4All
Pea Seeds - Isla's Garden
Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum) - Salt Spring Seeds
Pea Seeds - Serendipity Seeds
Pea-Sugar Pea-Spring Blush - Texas Tested Seeds & Plants
(Green pods blushed with pink.)
Pea, Wolfpeach Purple Podded Population (Organic) - Giving Ground Seeds
(Very diverse seed shapes, colors, and sizes. Wrinkled seeds can be cubical, cylindrical, or pyramidal and range from dark green to orange. Smooth seeds have fine purple speckling. Edible purple pods start out straight and flat and plump to be a somewhat round snap pea. )
Peas - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Peas Heirloom Organic Seeds Hybrid - The Amazing Seeds
Peas - Mandy's Greenhouse
Peas Page 1 - Annie's Heirloom Seeds
Peas tagged "Open Pollinated" - Siskiyou Seeds
Perpetual Pea-ce (Vining Pea Grex) - Wild Mountain Seeds
(Summer-producing, long harvest season, green or purple pods.)
Pidgeon Pea Seed Variety Pack (Cajanus cajan) - Green Planet Farm
(Mix of three varieties: speckled, tan-yellow, red-purple.)
Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Pea Seeds QTY. 50 - South Ga Seed Company
PRZEBĘDÓWSKA OLIWKOWA (POLISH PEA) - Truelove Seeds
(A mix of shades from cream through olive to brown.)
Purple Podded Peas Blauwschokkers - Smart Seeds Emporium
(Use as snow peas or shelling peas.)
Snap Pea Seeds Tagged "Open pollinated" – WCS Fundraising
Sweet Wave Snow Pea Blend - Row 7 Seed Company
Wando Shelling Pea Seeds Heirloom - Pike Nurseries
Winged Asparagus Pea-50 Seeds - Rocky View Kitchen & Garden
(Pods can be eaten very young, or use as a shelling pea.)
Yellow Sugar Pod Pea (60 seeds), Container Collection - Rohrer Seeds
Open Pollinated Land-race Peas
I grow my own variety of genetically diverse open pollinated land-race shelling peas on my farm.
Benefits
Commercial varieties of garden peas are bred to mature on the same day so that they can be harvested by machine. My peas are hand picked and mature over a few weeks so I don't get a huge overabundance on one day and nothing the next.
Read more of this article.
If you wish to create landraces, then peas are among the most fun vegetables to breed. They come in multiple colors such as green, yellow, and purple. They bloom in even more colors. They can grow in bush or vine habits. Popular types include garden peas, sugar-snap peas, snow peas, and dry peas. Their genes are very diverse, and in fact peas were used to demonstrate early genetic principles. So they can adapt to just about anything.
Peas don't seem to suffer from cytoplasmic male sterility. You can safely use peas for breeding even if they are hybrids -- although you'll get better diversity from non-hybrid peas.
Here are some options. Look how many landraces there are! :D
Cowpea, Sage's Texas - Snake River Seed Cooperative
(Cream, lavender, black, and red-violet peas; small peas; good as shelling peas or dry peas.)
Fagiolina del Trasimeno Cowpea - Great Lakes Staple Seeds
(Cream, tan, and burgundy peas; good as dry peas.)
'Grandpa McKay's Cream Pea' Cowpea - Experimental Farm Network
(Short pods with small peas, "cream pea" type meaning it has a thin, pale, often fully see-through skin that is best used fresh during the shelling stage.)
Hiemale Landrace Peas - Terre Promise (Canada)
(High diversity with cream, green, and brown peas; spotted and solid; smooth and wrinkled; different sizes. Good as shelling peas or dry peas.)
Pea (Garden): Mexican Landrace (30 seeds) -- The Buffalo Seed Company
(Mostly light brown with a few green peas.)
Peas - The Buffalo Seed Company
(Multiple landraces and other types.)
Asian Pea Seeds - Packet to Bulk - Kitazawa Seed Company
BLUE BUTTERFLY PEA VINE (Clitoria Ternatea) Seeds - Seedwise
Butterfly Pea - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
(Leaves, young shoots, flowers, and tender pods are all edible; the deep blue flowers produce a blue food coloring.)
Darlaine Soup Pea - Wilddreamsfarm
(Grows 2' tall, almost white to pale green dry peas.)
Dry Soup Peas - Resilient Seeds
Golden Sweet Yellow Snow Pea Seeds - SeedsDay
Half-Pint Pea Miniature Heirloom - Smart Seeds Emporium
(Miniature pea plant perfect for container gardening, 8" tall, fat and bushy, normal sized pods; vigorous plants tolerate hard frosts and produce very early.)
Heirloom Garden or English Pea Seeds - Victory Seeds
Heirloom & Non-GMO Pea Seeds - CreationSeeds
Heirloom & Organic Pea Seeds - Seed Savers Exchange
Heirloom Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum var.sativum) - Heritage Harvest Seeds (Canada only)
Heirloom Pea Seeds - Underwood Gardens
Heirloom Pea Seeds - Westwind Seeds
Heirloom Peas - Anderson Seed & Garden
Heirloom Peas - Mary's Heirloom Peas
Open-Pollinated & Heirloom Peas - Territorial Seed
Pea, Dry/Soup, 'Roveja' - Uprising Seeds
(Multicolored, solid and speckled peas.)
Pea Organic Seeds (Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non GMO) - GardenGuide4All
Pea Seeds - Isla's Garden
Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum) - Salt Spring Seeds
Pea Seeds - Serendipity Seeds
Pea-Sugar Pea-Spring Blush - Texas Tested Seeds & Plants
(Green pods blushed with pink.)
Pea, Wolfpeach Purple Podded Population (Organic) - Giving Ground Seeds
(Very diverse seed shapes, colors, and sizes. Wrinkled seeds can be cubical, cylindrical, or pyramidal and range from dark green to orange. Smooth seeds have fine purple speckling. Edible purple pods start out straight and flat and plump to be a somewhat round snap pea. )
Peas - Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Peas Heirloom Organic Seeds Hybrid - The Amazing Seeds
Peas - Mandy's Greenhouse
Peas Page 1 - Annie's Heirloom Seeds
Peas tagged "Open Pollinated" - Siskiyou Seeds
Perpetual Pea-ce (Vining Pea Grex) - Wild Mountain Seeds
(Summer-producing, long harvest season, green or purple pods.)
Pidgeon Pea Seed Variety Pack (Cajanus cajan) - Green Planet Farm
(Mix of three varieties: speckled, tan-yellow, red-purple.)
Pink Eyed Purple Hulled Pea Seeds QTY. 50 - South Ga Seed Company
PRZEBĘDÓWSKA OLIWKOWA (POLISH PEA) - Truelove Seeds
(A mix of shades from cream through olive to brown.)
Purple Podded Peas Blauwschokkers - Smart Seeds Emporium
(Use as snow peas or shelling peas.)
Snap Pea Seeds Tagged "Open pollinated" – WCS Fundraising
Sweet Wave Snow Pea Blend - Row 7 Seed Company
Wando Shelling Pea Seeds Heirloom - Pike Nurseries
Winged Asparagus Pea-50 Seeds - Rocky View Kitchen & Garden
(Pods can be eaten very young, or use as a shelling pea.)
Yellow Sugar Pod Pea (60 seeds), Container Collection - Rohrer Seeds
