Partial Sun
Medium
Direct sow outdoors as soon as soil can be worked. Double rows of peas can be planted on each side of a trellis. (from seed packet)
Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 1.95 inches (5.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 0.78 inches (2.0 cm).By our calculations, you should look at sowing Swenson Swedish about 45 days before your last frost date.
When Carl Johan Swenson settled near Clinton, Minnesota in 1876, he brought peas. He told his grandson, Charles Swenson, that both he and the peas came from Småland, a southern province in Sweden. Charles’ first memory of the peas is watching his grandfather planting them around a tripod of sticks in the 1930s. His aunts and uncles grew long rows of it in their gardens. Charles said the peas are typically harvested while still flat, then cut into 1/4 inch pieces and creamed, to make a traditional Scandinavian dish.1