Mammoth Melting Sugar

$5.00
Quantity & buying options

Meet Mammoth Melting Sugar, the classic heirloom snow pea that proves bigger can be better — when done right.

Free shipping over $25
Growing guides
Ships from Québec
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:

  • Massive 5–6 inch pods

  • Sweet, tender, stringless texture

  • Crisp bite that holds in cooking

  • 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:

  • Stir-fries

  • Tempura

  • Spring pastas

  • Sesame oil pan-sauté

  • 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

  • Direct sow early spring or late summer

  • Loves cool weather; hates summer scorch

  • Provide a trellis — this beast climbs

  • Harvest continuously to keep vines producing

  • Mulch soil to maintain cool roots + moisture

Peas are nature’s garden candy — don’t even pretend you’ll cook them all.


🌟 Highlights

  • Historic heirloom snow pea

  • Huge, tender, stringless pods

  • Vigorous climbing vines = high yields

  • Exceptional flavour + plate appeal

  • 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.

Browse all 100 garden recipes