Pea Seeds ‘Ruselargo’

• Heavy crops of pods filled with sweet, juicy peas
• Vigorous variety
• Maincrop pea
• Disease resistance to powdery mild and downy mildew

Pea ‘Ruselago’ is a very strong maincrop pea producing a plentiful crop of pods filled with sweet, succulent peas. It has very good disease resistance, especially to powdery mildew.

Sow outdoors

Sow in a flat bottomed trench 5cm (2in) deep, 20cm (8in) wide. Water the trench and sow seeds 7.5cm (3in) apart. Carefully backfill the trench and firm lightly. Keep soil moist at all times. Allow 60cm (24in) between rows.

Support

As peas start to grow use netting supported by pea sticks or some broken tree twigs to support growth.

Aftercare

Keep well watered, especially in dry spells. Use netting to protect pea crops from bird or moth damage.