Tepehuan Chicharos
Pisum sativum. Originally from the Sierra Madre in southern Chihuahua. Produced well in a recent grow out in Tucson. With en extra rainy winter the plants grew to 7 feet tall! Traditionally used as dried soup peas, but can be eaten fresh ... the pods are fibrous but the young peas are "sweet as the dickens." For fresh eating, pick before peas fully fill the pods. Tan-colored seeds. From our Seed Bank Collection.
- Origin: High elevation, about 6900'
- Plants benefit from support/trellis
- Approx. 10g/50 seeds per packet.
- Limit 3 packets please
Pisum sativum. Originally from the Sierra Madre in southern Chihuahua. Produced well in a recent grow out in Tucson. With en extra rainy winter the plants grew to 7 feet tall! Traditionally used as dried soup peas, but can be eaten fresh ... the pods are fibrous but the young peas are "sweet as the dickens." For fresh eating, pick before peas fully fill the pods. Tan-colored seeds. From our Seed Bank Collection.
- Origin: High elevation, about 6900'
- Plants benefit from support/trellis
- Approx. 10g/50 seeds per packet.
- Limit 3 packets please