Pre-sowing: February
Planting out: March
Direct sowing: March - April
Harvesting: July - September
Contents small pack : 75 grams (for min. 9 m2)
Weight seeds : 3,7 seeds per gram
Planting distance : 150x5 cm
Location : sun
Plant height : 200 cm
Capuchin 'Blauwschokker' (Pisum sativum) is a robust crop and a rice type (cultivation along wire mesh). Both the flowers and pods are purple. Only the seeds can be consumed.
Pre-sowing in a pot or seed tray can be done as early as February and then planted out in March in the open ground at a planting distance of 150x3 cm. You can also sow directly in the open ground in the months of March and April at the same planting distance. The harvest period is from July to September.
Capuchins can be compared to peas, i.e. only the seeds can be consumed. The biggest advantage is that the seeds can be consumed fresh; freezing is fine (but light blanching). A second option is to let the crop ripen and use the dried seeds.
Fresh snow peas, peas and capuchins are the seasonings of the vegetable garden. There are hardly any problems with diseases and pests, which makes it all the more attractive to grow these crops yourself. One can suffice with little fertilizer. Two main groups can be distinguished: short with a length of up to approx. 70 cm (trunk) and long types (rice types). The rice types must in any case be grown along wire mesh. When growing along wire mesh, a row can be sown on both sides of the wire mesh. A usual row spacing for stem types is 150 cm, sow in rows at 5 cm. Sow sufficiently deep (3 to 4 cm) in connection with mice and birds. For all capuchins, peas and snow peas, an early sowing (March/April) provides the best results; growing in May and later gives sufficient pod setting and problems with mildew.
