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The Avola variety of pea plants is a fairly new one having been introduced to the market in 1995 by Seminis. Seminis was a brand of the US company Monsanto which was acquired by Bayer in 2018.
Avola is a first early variety of pea, one of the very earliest to produce a crop. It will normally reach maturity and be ready to harvest twelve weeks after sowing.
If you have followed our recommendations for sowing peas, this gives you a harvest date for Avola peas of the first week of June in average areas of the UK.
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With an average height of 60cm (24in) it is capable of growing without support in most conditions. An average spread of 25cm (10in) makes it one of the smallest of pea plants overall at maturity. With such a small spread and height, it can be grown almost anywhere including in containers and is very suitable for small gardens.
The pods contain an average of 7 peas per pod. Individual peas are slightly smaller than average and you can expect roughly 45% of them to be less than 8.75mm in diameter. As you might expect, the smaller size of the individual peas makes them sweeter than average. They freeze exceptionally well.
Bayer / Seminis claim that Avola plants are highly resistant to Powdery mildew and have good resistance to Downy mildew. For such small plants, they produce more peas than you might expect.
The Avola pea variety is open pollinated which means that ripened peas can be saved from one year to the next and they will grow true to type. This involves very little effort, saves buying more seeds the next year and is a satisfying method of growing peas. See our description of how to do this here.
The best time for a first sowing of Avola pea seeds outdoors in their growing position is second week of March in average areas of the UK.
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If you sow your first seeds indoors, this can safely occur a week earlier. When the seeds have germinated and the plants are a 5cm / 2in above soil level they will need to be hardened off for a couple of weeks before being planted outside.
Ongoing care after sowing Avola peas is almost non-existent. Peas generate and use nitrogen generated by their roots so feeding is not required.
Immediately after sowing the pea seeds, water them in well. In normal conditions, a good watering when the flowers appear is advised and once again a couple of weeks after, when the peas are beginning to grow in their pods.
Being a First Early variety they should be ready for harvest from the first sowing during the fourth week of June in average areas of the UK.
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As with all garden peas they start to loose their sweetness (the sugars very quickly start to turn to starch) in as little as 30 minutes after picking. So for maximum sweetness pick as near to cooking or freezing them as possible.
Click the link below for our reviews of more pea varieties.
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