Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 01/14/2022 by v_gardener - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Westchester, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Not Sure Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
While the sugar daddy peas are not my favorite variety, they do their job. Their white flowers add a nice contrast to purple flower producing peas and the peas are a nice snack while in the garden. However, there is nothing really special about this variety- both its taste and yield are good, but not great. They are a nice, easy variety to grow though if you have some extra space.

Reviewed on 07/11/2019 by TheFluffyOne - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Kane, Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Wow, what an absolutely miserable snap pea. I really am not sure why these things exist. \r\n\r\nI have grown Snowbird, Sugar Snap, Super sugar Snap, Mammoth Melting, Dwarf Gray, Sugar Ann to name a few and Sugar Daddy iis by far the worst of the bunch.\r\n\r\nMy seed source was Burpee. I grew these as a spring crop, though I also intend to grow them in the fall to give them a chance at redemption. \r\n\r\n I gave them a presoak before planting and noted they took a lot longer than I would have expected to germinate, but they did germinate exceedingly well). They also were late in coming into bearing at around 75 days . They were very easy to grow and manage, yields were acceptable, and they only needs a minor trellis), Where they really fail is with quality and taste. These are not in the same league as any of those listed above for sweetness and are stringy. I found you had to harvest them at half size and flat like snow peas in order to have sweetness and they still were a bit stringy and chewy even at that stage. They were a fantastic grower and even continued to push into the heat, but simply nasty. I will have extra seed to try in the fall since I have just let them go to waste and dry on the stem. \r\n\r\nI am going to try growing these again as a fall crop,. Maybe the will excel when growing into coolness vs heat, but I doubt it. . Here is hoping they work better as a fall crop.