Telling my peas apart

[sharr610]

Long story, but my rows of peas got all mixed up.  I have snow, sugar snap and shelling peas all growing.  Now, I know if I saw them at a market, I could tell the difference, but not now as all the peas are so young.  For now, they ALL look like snow peas and I know they aren't, but I don't want to wait too long picking the snow peas to find out.  Any other telling things I should look for or will it simply all work itself out?

Thanks!

[RosieL]

I dont' know personally, but I was interested in the answer so I looked around and found this from gardenweb:

Yes the difference is so obvious tha a blind person could easily tell the difference. Paper thin flat pods versus round meaty pods. There are also obvious visual differences most of time. Snap peas have white blossoms, many snow pea varieities have purple blossoms. Snap pea vines are medium green, many snow pea cultivars have a more yellowish green vine.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/legumes/msg0510460613078.html

good luck!

[sharr610]

Thanks!  I called our extension line and luckily the woman who answered had had the same problem the year before and assured me it would sort itself out.  I thought there might be a difference in the plants somehow, but honestly, they ALL look alike.  MAYBE some difference in some leaf patterns, but thats a stretch.  ALL the blossoms on my plants are white...Looks like my snow peas are in first and the rest are starting to come in.  Thanks for sharing the link with me!  Teaches me an important lesson about labeling next year for sure!