Pea Shoots?

I have always bought pea shoots OR used gathering them late in the season, to trim the bushes back. But I've got my peas for this year started on strings out there and I'd love to have some shoots/pasta for dinner soon. How tall would you get the plants before you started trimming?

I am sorry to say i can never bring myself to pick them, because i am a ravenous glutton for the snow peas i so desperately wait for all year. I don't want to risk losing a single pea, and so i let the vines grow like nuts. I'm hoping someone can give some magical info here like "the more you pinch off the more flowers you get", which would really be the best case scenario....

Tereza Okava wrote:I am sorry to say i can never bring myself to pick them, because i am a ravenous glutton for the snow peas i so desperately wait for all year. I don't want to risk losing a single pea, and so i let the vines grow like nuts. I'm hoping someone can give some magical info here like "the more you pinch off the more flowers you get", which would really be the best case scenario....

Grin there are actually varieties of peas that have been selected for extra tendril growth such as Sweet Magnolia.  They are called hyper-tendrils.  You may want to look into them.