Pea tendrils (Pisum sativum) are a shoot microgreen with a sweet, fresh and green flavor, ready to harvest in 10-14 days. MicrogreenUSA grows them sushi-grade indoors for wholesale standing orders, and they are best for fine dining garnish and salads.
Pea tendrils taste like the first bite of spring - sweet, grassy and tender, with curling tendrils that look alive on the plate. They are among the most requested shoots in fine dining for both flavor and movement.
Excellent raw in salads, folded into pastas and risottos at the pass, or as an elegant garnish. Their natural sweetness pairs beautifully with cured meats and shellfish.
Order Pea Tendrils Wholesale →| Common name | Pea Tendrils |
| Botanical name | Pisum sativum |
| Category | Shoots |
| Flavor | Sweet, fresh, green |
| Grow time | 10-14 days |
| Best for | Fine dining garnish, salads |
| Availability | Year-round wholesale |
| Minimum order | 5 lbs / week |
These figures are True Leaf Market's published guide for Pea - Microgreens Seeds (Pisum sativum), not our farm schedule (that is on our process page). True Leaf's table gives the pea pre-soak as 6-24 without a unit; its growing text says at least 6 hours, with 18-20 hours for more even germination.
| Seeding rate (10x20 tray) | 10 oz per 10 x 20 inch tray |
| Pre-soak | Yes - spec table 'Presoak: 6-24' (unit not stated); text: soak at least 6 hours, 18-20 hours encourages more even germination |
| Germination | 2-3 days |
| Blackout | 3-4 days |
| Days to harvest | 6-14 days |
| Flavor | Sweet with the classic pea taste. |
Sources: True Leaf Market.
At 6-14 days, pea tendril is the 5th fastest of 18 varieties by supplier harvest window, tied with red cabbage. Pea tendril seed is soaked in the supplier guide, as are beet and cilantro.
No USDA lab entry covers pea tendril microgreens. The nearest, FDC 170422 "Peas, mature seeds, sprouted, raw" (SR Legacy), is the sprouted-seed stage, so treat it as a rough guide: per 100 g, energy 124 kcal, protein 8.8 g, vitamin C 10.4 mg, folate 144 µg, calcium 36 mg, iron 2.26 mg and potassium 381 mg. FDC 170422.
FDA classes pea tendril microgreens as covered produce, not sprouts (FDA guidance). Pea tendril microgreens were in the 2018 Greenbelt recall for possible Listeria, with no illnesses reported (FDA notice). Sweet pea leaves were in a 2022 Wegmans recall after Salmonella was found in the supplier's growing soil (FDA notice).