The more you pick the pea pods , they more they will try to replace the pods.
TO keep a pea pod plant active is to pick the pods, which will reult in more flowering, and thus and more pods !! until they are 'spent' (lack of fertilization) , or , poor growing conditions.
That is why many people have two seed sowing seasons , once in the spring , and , another in the fall .
Save the seed plants in the fall for sowing for next year !!
Thanks for the pea information, didn’t know that.