Pea ‘Rondo’ Maincrop Seeds (Pisum sativum)

Enjoy a bountiful late-season harvest with Pea ‘Rondo’ Maincrop (Pisum sativum). This hardy climbing variety produces long, plump pods packed with sweet, tender peas, perfect for fresh eating, steaming, or freezing. Reliable and highly productive, it’s ideal for vegetable gardens, allotments, and extended homegrown harvests.

How to Grow

• Sow seeds directly outdoors from early spring to late spring.

• Use well-drained, fertile soil in full sun to partial shade.

• Sow seeds 3–5 cm deep and 5–7 cm apart in rows 50–60 cm apart.

• Provide stakes, netting, or a trellis for climbing growth.

• Keep soil consistently moist but avoid waterlogging.

• Harvest pods when fully formed but still tender for best flavor.

Key Features

• Maincrop variety producing long, plump, sweet pods

• Hardy, climbing, and highly productive

• Ideal for fresh eating, steaming, or freezing

• Reliable in temperate climates

• Perfect for vegetable gardens and allotments

Ideal For

• Vegetable gardens and allotments

• Extended harvest for cooking and freezing

• Climbing support with trellises or stakes

• Companion planting with nitrogen-fixing crops

Sowing

• Best time: Early to late spring outdoors

• Depth: 3–5 cm

• Spacing: 5–7 cm apart, rows 50–60 cm apart

• Prefers full sun to partial shade and fertile, well-drained soil

Quick Tip

• Sow in successive batches every 2–3 weeks for a longer maincrop harvest.