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Kelvedon Wonder is the most popular of all pea varieties for the amateur gardener in the UK. It was bred in the early 1900s by E. W. Deal and Sons in inworth, Essex which ceased trading many years ago. This pea variety was named after the town Kelvedon, two miles from Inworth. This variety is sold in France under name of Merveille de Kelvedon.
Kelvedon Wonder peas are a maincrop / second early pea variety and they will be ready for picking around 15 weeks after sowing. If you have followed our recommendations for sowing peas, this gives you a harvest date for Kelvedon Wonder peas of the fourth week of June in average areas of the UK.
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Kelvedon Wonder is the most popular variety of peas for UK gardeners and was given an AGM (Award of Garden Merit) by the RHS in 2011, their most recent trials of peas.
The pods are medium to long in length and contain an average of seven to eight decent sized peas per pod. The overall yield per plant is average to good and they are often displayed at amateur garden shows. The peas are very suitable for freezing.
The height of Kelvedon Wonder pea plants is approximately 60cm (24in) and they have a spread at maturity of 25cm (10in), slightly shorter than average for a dwarf pea plant.
Kelvedon Wonder will grow OK with no support but will benefit from some form of support in windy areas. Twigs from any shrubby plants around 90cm (3 foot) long from almost any shrubby plant will do the job.
We have raspberry and blackcurrant plants which are pruned each year and we store the prunings for use as pea plant supports. The thin stems from Christmas trees also provide excellent supports.
The Kelvedon Wonder 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 Kelvedon Wonder 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 Kelvedon Wonder 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 Maincrop variety they should be ready for harvest from the first sowing during the fourth week of June in average areas of the UK.
To set dates to be accurate for your home town, click here. All dates in this website will then be super-accurate. Your home town will be remembered automatically for all our pages and future visits to GardenCalendar.co.ukAs 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.
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