A gardening expert has revealed how you can grow your own “gourmet treat” indoors in just 10 days.

Simon Akeroyd, who has 30 gardening books to his name, says you can get much more for your money from Batchelors’ iconic Bigga dried marrowfat peas. He grabbed a 90p box from the supermarket before returnining home to explain the process on TikTok.

He began by suggesting using a small container with holes in the bottom – such as one you’d buy grapes in. “Fill with peat-free compost and sprinkle a handful of the supermarket dried peas on the surface,” Simon continued in an instructional video.

The expert then covered those peas in more compost, before placing on a warm window sill above a radiator in his home. Simon then fast-forwarded four days to showcase a work in progress – with shoots already emerging over one inch tall.

And by day 10, his “pea tendrils gourmet treat” was ready to be cut. “Delicious, healthy and rare to find at the shops,” Simon hailed as he placed them on a plate.

Impressed by his clip, one TikTok user reacted in shock: “90p for a box full? That’d be £50 of seed packets.” A second admitted: ” And I was thinking that they were far too processed to sprout life again.”

A third added: “Ooh I love pea shoots! Thank you Simon I’ll be trying these.” A fourth TikTok user was equally as excited, confessing: “I always thought pea shoots were from little garden peas not the big ones! Will definitely be trying this.”

Whilst a fifth person sought further advice, asking: “If you continue to grow them would they become plants that give peas?” Simon duly explained: “Yes they would! Last year I did a video on growing them to produce pods… and delicious peas.”

The RHS, meanwhile, advises that now is the time to sow your pea crop in the home if you want to be ahead of the game. “Sowing indoors in February or March allows you to get an early start, particularly if your soil is cold and wet, when seeds may fail to germinate or may rot outdoors,” they advise.

“Indoor sowing keeps them safe from mice too. You can also sow in autumn and keep plants in a greenhouse or coldframe over winter, for planting out in early spring.” The RHS goes on to advise: “Fill deep modular trays, small pots or cardboard toilet-roll tubes with peat-free multi-purpose compost.

“Sow up to three seeds per pot, or one per tube or module, inserting them about 5cm (2in) deep. Alternatively, sow peas along a length of guttering filled with peat-free multi-purpose compost, spacing seeds about 7.5cm (3in) apart in a double row. This makes transplanting outside easy, as you have ready-made rows that can simply be slid into a trench.”

Peas typically take between 11 and 16 weeks to fully mature, depending on their variety.