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Snap peas, also known as sugar snap peas are really easy to grow. Similar to other peas, but most people prefer the snap peas instead of the other peas, because of the sweeter taste. 

The key to success with these peas is to know when to harvest it. Harvesting it too soon, and you will have empty pods. Harvesting it too late, and you will have peas that are hard and not as delicious as what snap peas normally is.

With this guide, you will get to know more about sugar snap peas. How to grow it successfully, and how to harvest it at the right time. 

What Are Snap Peas and How is It Different From Other Peas

It is important to know what are snap peas, and how are these peas different from other peas. In general, snap peas are similar, with just one difference.

Snap peas are smaller, sweeter peas that you can eat in the pod as well. This is how soft these peas are. And, this is what is making them different from other peas.

With other peas, you will need to get the peas out of the pods, before you can cook and enjoy eating it. 

Knowing When Snap Peas Are Ready for Picking

One thing that is essential for snap peas is to know when these peas are ready for picking. If you wait too long, then you might not be able to enjoy the peas with the pods. When you don’t wait long enough, you might have pods alone, without any peas in.

You need to consider a couple of things before you know that your peas are ready to be picked. Do you want large or small peas? Do you want to enjoy the pods with the peas, or are you going to open the pods up?

In general, the pods need to be full. You need to see that there are peas inside the pod to know that the peas are ready to be picked. If you want larger peas, you need to wait a couple of days longer. 

Harvesting Snap Peas Correctly

When you are harvesting snap peas, you need to do it correctly. You don’t want to damage the peas inside the pods, and you don’t want to damage your plant. This is why you need to remember these.

On the one hand, you need to support the plant. Making sure that you don’t damage the plant with the pulling of the pod. 

On the other hand, you need to take hold of the pod, keeping it firmly in your hand, without damaging the pod. Then you just pull the pod from the plant. It is easy but can cause you to damage the plant if you don’t support the plant with one hand.

It is important to look for pods that are ready for harvesting on a daily basis. What might not be ready today will be ready tomorrow. Leaving it a day too long, you might find that it ends up being inedible. 

Growing Snap Peas to Get the Most Out of Your Plant

The great thing about snap peas is that if you are caring for the plant correctly, you can peas throughout the season. However, then you need to make sure that you are going to care for the plant correctly.

Plant support is essential.

Any pea plant needs added support. It can grow to a huge, heavy plant that might fall to the ground when it became too heavy. Causing damage to the plant. With the right added support, you will be able to see the pods easier, and the plant won’t damage while it’s growing. 

You don’t want to get the plant dry.

When this happens the pea plant will die and you will not get any more peas for the season. This is why you need to make sure that the soil is always moist.

Don’t let the soil gets dry at all. Daily watering is essential if you are living in a dry, hot climate. 

Other General Growing Tips for Peas and Snap Peas

Growing peas in healthy soil that is getting the right nutrients is important. The healthier the soil, the better it will be for the snap peas.

You can ask a professional for some advice about the type of nutrients you need to add to the soil.

You should also look for diseases that your plant might have. The sooner you are getting rid of the diseases the better it will be for your plants.  

Conclusion

This is everything you need to know about growing healthy and tasty snap peas. You will learn when to harvest, and how do these peas look when it is time to harvest them.

And, with the general growing tips, you will not have a problem with growing peas every again.

You have planted lettuce in your garden. And you can’t wait to enjoy your fresh lettuce with your salad or on a sandwich. However, with the first bite, you realize that there is something seriously wrong with the taste of the lettuce.

It might look normal, and fresh, but it tastes bitter. Really bitter and this isn’t something that you thought is possible.

For the first time, you taste how bitter lettuce tastes like. What did you do wrong with growing your lettuce, and how can you make sure that this isn’t going to happen again?

With this guide, you are going to get all the information about bitter lettuce and how you can prevent it from happening again. 

Reasons for Bitter Lettuce

Before you can change how you grow your lettuce to prevent it from becoming bitter, you need to know what you might have done wrong. Lettuce doesn’t get bitter without a reason.

There are many reasons why your lettuce might become bitter. The moment that you know why your lettuce might be bitter, you can prevent it from happening again. These are why lettuce is bitter.

• Too much heat can cause bitter lettuce.
• Poor soil quality. Even if lettuce grows easily, you still need to make sure that your soil is a good quality soil in order for lettuce to grow without becoming bitter. 
• Just like any other vegetable, lettuce needs the right amount of nutrients. This is to make sure that the plant is getting everything it needs to grow healthy and delicious.
• Not giving enough water to the lettuce. This is one of the biggest mistakes people are making. Not realizing that lettuce needs lots of water to grow. 

Preventing Your Lettuce From Getting Bitter Isn’t Difficult

Many people are giving up when they grow lettuce for the first time, and it ends up bitter. It isn’t really necessary. There are many things that you can do to prevent it from ending up bitter. 

By giving up, you will not be able to enjoy fresh lettuce out of your own garden. Just change how you grow your lettuce and you will have much tastier lettuce next time. 

Different Ways for Preventing Bitter Lettuce

If you ended up with bitter lettuce, you need to reconsider how you have grown this vegetable. With these tips, you will make sure that your lettuce is a lot tastier next time. 

Firstly, you need to find a cool spot for growing your lettuce. You don’t want to grow lettuce in the heat. This is a cool-weather vegetable. Most people recommend that you are growing your lettuce in spring or autumn. That you should avoid growing it during the summer.

You can grow it during summer but needs to find a cool spot for it. Where the summer sun doesn’t make the lettuce too warm.

Giving it water every day is also essential. Most of the lettuce leaves are water. The more water you are giving, the tastier the leaves will be. Daily watering is especially important when you are planting it during summer. The soil should be in the right condition for growing lettuce.

And, with frequently nutrients added to the soil, you will have the perfect condition for growing lettuce that will not turn out bitter and inedible.

Other Lettuce Tips to Ensure Healthy and Delicious Lettuce

With these tips, you will know for sure that your lettuce will grow healthy and have a sweet taste instead of the bitter taste that is making your lettuce inedible. 

You should plant your lettuce in a partial shade spot. Where it is going to get shade during the hottest part of the day. You might not have considered this, but you can plant lettuce in containers.

And, it will grow successfully. Then, you can move the container to the perfect spot in your home where the sun won’t become too hot for the plant. 

Keeping your soil healthy.

Talk to a professional about what nutrients you should add to the soil to ensure that the lettuce won’t become bitter. It is important to make sure that you are using the right soil with the right nutrients for lettuce. A mistake that many people are making, causing bitter lettuce.

Watering.

Lettuce needs more water than any other vegetable in your garden. The main reason why many have bitter lettuce. The more water you can give your lettuce, the better.

Conclusion

This is everything you need to know about bitter lettuce. It isn’t nice to plant lettuce and go through all the trouble to grow fresh lettuce. Just to end up with inedible lettuce. Bitter and not tasty at all.

But with this information, you will know for sure that all your future lettuce will end up delicious, sweet, and fresh.

Enjoying your lettuce every time.