The King Tut Garden Pea

Like most heirlooms the King Tut Garden Pea has a fascinating story. They are rumored to have been found in the tomb of King Tut and were placed there because the king favored this pea greatly. The King Tut pea is not a common household name among gardeners since only a few US seed companies offer this seed for sale. It has never been grown on a large commercial scale and has only continued because of small independent growers and home gardeners like Mr. Winfred Tucker of Fitzgerald GA. 

                                                                          "Peas from Winfred Tucker"

Mr. Tucker sent us these seeds after the 2013 Ag Expo in Moultrie GA; he had been growing them for a number and years and offered to send of some of these rare peas. We were quite delighted when a week or so after the expo we found them sitting in our mailbox. We had planned to grow them last year, however we didn't get them planted in time so we waited and planted them the following year. These peas are pretty hardy considering we had around 7 inches of snow and temps dropped down in the teens. We covered them with plastic and prayed some would make it and they did! We uncovered them last week once it started warming up and they are now thriving. 

The King Tut pea is a known to have small beautiful violet flowers and grows to around 3 ft tall. They do trellis and so we have designed a biodegradable trellis for them to grow up on. They produce radiant and velvety smooth purple pods. The peas are quite large for sweet peas.

We had abundant harvest with the Lord's blessing so if you would like to purchase these click the link below.

http://stores.southgaseedco.com/king-tut-pea-qty-20/

Well hope you enjoyed the article and happy gardening!

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