Really, any of the will work so long as you harvest the tips while young.

The best variety is Dwarf Gray Sugar - you can get the seeds from www.johnnyseeds.com. I've tried 4 dfferent varieties and this is the best interms of flavor and texture.

For home production you can grow them in shallow nursery trays filled with 3/4' of soilless potting mix. Soak the seeds overnight, then spread them in a single layer on the potting mix with maybe 1/4' of space between seeds and water lightly. In 7-10 days you can harvest the shoots.

As Violet said, you can also grow the plant out full size and harvest the leaf tips, but this is a different texture than the first growth.

Here is a link that might be useful: Johnny's Selected Seeds

There are two kinds of snowpea-tips, one with bigger leaves and the other looks sort of like sprouts. The first one can be just picked from almost any kind of snowpea like Voilet said, while the second is from another kind of seeds 'Snow Pea Shoots' from evergreenseeds.com.

rosegone,

Did you ever grow any?

I grew some Oregon Giant snow peas one year. I grew these mainly for the snow peas but then I found out that Dao Miao was snow pea shoots. So I went and cut off some of the plant to try it out and it turned out to be very stringy and chewy. I ended up tossing the whole dish out because I couldn't eat any of it.

You have to use the very newest, tender tips, with the leaves still partly unfurled. I did this for the first time last year after I read they were edible and they were delicious. I'm looking forward to them again this year.

Kristin

wintergreen,

Some plants will be more tough than others. There are certain varieties and types that are better for use as snow pea tips.

I planted snow and snap peas late last year (the rabbits and woodchucks cleaned out my spring planted ones before I had a chance to eat any so I tried a second crop) Unfortunately it was too late, I guess, because I was just getting blossoms when the temp finally dropped in Dec. I decided to try some tops in salad and was very pleased. I just kept cutting the tips until the serious cold finally did in the plants. This year I'll try again in the spring (with fencing) and plan to plant thickly so I can eat the sprouts of some, then remove them to let the rest produce pods. Maybe it will work.