non trellising peas

[tjg911]

for years i've grown sugar snap which is an edible pod variety that requires trellising. i bought some non trellising peas for a friend and took 1/2 the seeds to try. i picked the 1st 3 peas of sugar lace today, they looked like the pods were full. i was surprised when i bit into each pod to find while the pods were large there was very little pea inside - they are mostly air!

is this normal for sugar lace? is this normal for non trellising edible pod peas? maybe the pod grows and the peas fill it in and i picked them too soon?

we've had non stop rain and clouds for all of june (20 or 21 days out of 25 with rain) but i doubt the lack of sun or excessive rain is the reason, or is it? i'll be picking some sugar snap in a few days so i'll know but it seems the lack of sun never prevented sugar snap from filling the pod with large sweet peas.

tom