Meet Mammoth Melting Sugar, the classic heirloom snow pea that proves bigger can be better — when done right.
- Season
- 2026
🌿✨ Mammoth Melting Sugar Pea Seeds
25+ Seeds/Pack
Huge pods. Tender texture. Heirloom snow pea royalty.
Meet Mammoth Melting Sugar, the classic heirloom snow pea that proves bigger can be better — when done right.
This tall-trellising giant produces:
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Massive 5–6 inch pods
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Sweet, tender, stringless texture
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Crisp bite that holds in cooking
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A steady avalanche of harvests
If you like snow peas that actually taste like… something?
This is your variety.
A heritage treasure with real gourmet chops.
🌱 Why Grow Mammoth Melting Sugar
| Trait | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Heirloom snow pea | Proven flavour + reliability |
| Extra-large pods | More to crunch, more to sauté |
| Tender & stringless | No chewy fibrous nonsense |
| Climbing vines | Huge production on small space |
| Cold tolerant | Ideal for spring & fall in Canada |
| Pollinator-friendly | Bees love the blossoms |
Height: 5–6 ft (trellis recommended)
Days to maturity: 65–70
These vines work like vertical salad factories.
🍽 Flavor & Kitchen Uses
Think buttery sweetness + crisp snap.
Stays tender, even when the pods size up — that’s the magic.
Best for:
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Stir-fries
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Tempura
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Spring pastas
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Sesame oil pan-sauté
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Raw garden snacking (straight off the vine 🤌)
Chef tip: Flash-sear with garlic + white miso + rice vinegar.
Finish with sesame seeds.
Swoon.
The pods, shoots, and flowers?
All edible and delicious.
👨🌾 Growing Notes
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Direct sow early spring or late summer
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Loves cool weather; hates summer scorch
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Provide a trellis — this beast climbs
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Harvest continuously to keep vines producing
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Mulch soil to maintain cool roots + moisture
Peas are nature’s garden candy — don’t even pretend you’ll cook them all.
🌟 Highlights
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Historic heirloom snow pea
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Huge, tender, stringless pods
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Vigorous climbing vines = high yields
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Exceptional flavour + plate appeal
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Great for home gardens, chefs, and CSA boxes
Mammoth Melting Sugar isn't just a pea —
it’s the snow pea that ruined all others for you.
Cook your harvest
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
Follow the growing notes in the description and on your seed packet. Sowing time, temperature and harvest stage depend on the variety.
See the description for this variety’s kitchen uses and the harvest stage that suits your recipe.






















