Pea Shoots Microgreens — Charleston, SC

Sweet, crunchy, tastes exactly like fresh peas. The one everybody likes.

Grown on Johns Island · Delivered from James Island · Across the Lowcountry

Pea Shoots microgreens are grown on Johns Island, South Carolina by The MicroGreens Farm and sold across the Charleston area. They are sweet and properly crunchy, like a fresh pea, and ready to cut in 8–14 days. Sold as a cut-to-order clamshell from $6, or as a living tray you cut yourself. Best on: everything. start here..

Pea shoot microgreens with tendrils growing densely in a tray at The MicroGreens Farm, Johns Island SC — Pea Shoots growing at The MicroGreens Farm on Johns Island.

What pea shoots microgreens taste like

Pea shoots taste like the best fresh pea you have had, in leaf form — sweet, green and properly crunchy. They are the biggest and sturdiest thing we grow, and the only variety here that can honestly be eaten as a salad in its own right rather than as a finish.

At a glance

	Pea Shoots
Flavour	Sweet and properly crunchy, like a fresh pea
Heat	None
Ready to cut in	8–14 days
Best on	Everything. Start here.
Sold as	Cut clamshell from $6, or a living tray
Grown	On Johns Island, in trays under light, cut above the soil line

Four ways to use it

As a salad on their own, with lemon and olive oil — no other leaves needed
Wilted for ten seconds in a hot pan with garlic and sesame
Piled on a sandwich or a banh mi
Raw, straight off the tray, which is how most of them get eaten

How to buy pea shoots microgreens in Charleston

Three ways. Cut to order in a clamshell, ready to use. As a living tray, still growing, that you cut yourself over one to two weeks. Or at a market — Sea Island Farmers Market on Johns Island on Saturdays, the Pour House on James Island on Sundays, plus Kiawah on Mondays, Mount Pleasant on Tuesdays and Park Circle on Thursdays.

Availability moves with the seeding schedule, so text 843.212.6932 if you want this variety specifically and we will seed a tray toward your delivery.

Questions about pea shoots

Do pea shoots grow back after cutting?

Often, yes — peas are the one variety here that will usually give a second, smaller cut. Cut above the lowest set of leaves rather than right down at the medium and you improve the odds considerably.

Are pea shoots and pea tendrils the same thing?

Roughly. Tendrils are the curling threads on the shoot, and shoots sold as tendrils are usually grown a little longer. Ours are cut as shoots, tendrils included, which is the sweeter and more tender stage.

Which microgreen should I try first?

This one, or sunflower. Both are sweet, crunchy and mild, and neither tastes anything like the bitter-green stereotype people expect. Radish and mustard are much better once you already know you like the format.

See Living Tray Prices

Or order cut greens from $6 · 843.212.6932

Cook with it

Shrimp and Grits with Pea Shoots

The Lowcountry plate, finished with a handful of pea shoots cut minutes before serving. The sweetness of the shoots lands against the salt of the bacon and stops the whole dish being one soft texture.

55 min total · makes 4 servings · Lowcountry

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