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Peas
Mar 18, 2007 21:46:29 GMT
Post by owainglyndwr on Mar 18, 2007 21:46:29 GMT
All the veg I'm growing this year are my 1st attempts ever, so please be patient with me for all the questions I'm going to ask these coming months With Peas ... I was wondering if the germination method of laying the seeds on damp tissue would work, like it does with Sweetpeas? I'm growing 'Kelvedon Wonder' . Many Thanks WB
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Peas
Mar 18, 2007 21:58:43 GMT
Post by roxann57 on Mar 18, 2007 21:58:43 GMT
Soaking over night before sowing can help, otherwise sowing direct into the soil in the next few weeks or in large modules or a drainpipe undercover now. Sowing every couple of weeks helps to keep a good supply going right throughout the summer. Any good at pea shelling
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Mar 18, 2007 22:01:54 GMT
Post by owainglyndwr on Mar 18, 2007 22:01:54 GMT
I'm not. Never get the chance. My wife and kids are like a plague of locusts when they get 'peas in their in pod'. Thanks roxann
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Mar 18, 2007 22:04:39 GMT
Post by roxann57 on Mar 18, 2007 22:04:39 GMT
Made peapod wine many years ago - absolutely lethal if you could get over the initial taste I've got plants ready to go into the lottie and will be sowing seed along side as soon as I can. Its a good idea to sow some in modules to fill the gaps as there are bound to be a few with sowing direct.
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Mar 18, 2007 22:20:23 GMT
Post by Chuckles on Mar 18, 2007 22:20:23 GMT
Made peapod wine many years ago - absolutely lethal if you could get over the initial taste roxann you just transported me back a good 33yrs and Oh yes that taste
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Mar 24, 2007 20:47:04 GMT
Post by skarloey on Mar 24, 2007 20:47:04 GMT
Oooh, only just seen this post WB and it's my first time growing peas too and this is what I've done/will do:
Sowed first batch (32) of peas (Hatif d'Annonay - Real Seed Company) straight into 5" rootrainers on 5th Feb. No jiggery-pokery just stuck 'em in. 100% germination. They were planted out on the 10th March at 3" tall and fleeced. I then sowed another 32 (into the vacant rootrainers) also on the 10th March, 3 have yet to germinate but I'm sure they will. These will go out when they too are 3" tall and I will then direct sow into the plot. I'll continue to direct sow a few a week to keep us going for a while.
I'll let you know how I get on. But for what it's worth, I can't rate rootrainers highly enough, when I planted the first batch out, the root system was just amazing and they are growing away really happily.
HTH ;D
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Peas
Mar 24, 2007 21:07:21 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2007 21:07:21 GMT
Ok....nobody laugh please. I avoid growing peas...not cos i don't like em but i don't understand them.
My problem is this....how do i support them? First time i tried i used plastic netting and was about four feet high but they didn't climb that high. I wasn't impressed with the netting. I've read about pea sticks but as far as i can tell they are just twigs.....is that right.
I'd read that someone uses buddliea cuttings...so i've saved some but don't know what to do with them. How high does the support need to be.
I know it's daft but i often try and see what others are doing but i never seem to be able to suss it.
Any info would be appreciated.
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Mar 24, 2007 21:14:13 GMT
Post by skarloey on Mar 24, 2007 21:14:13 GMT
I'm not laughing Ziggy!!!! Mine are, apparently, self supporting if they are planted close enough together! Unfortunately, I didn't plant them at the required 5cm (yes, THAT close) BUT will sow more directly between and therefore give me a longer cropping season.......... apparently!! ;D I'll let you know how I get on!
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Mar 25, 2007 8:20:08 GMT
Post by 4pygmies on Mar 25, 2007 8:20:08 GMT
It's ever so easy Ziggy but I'm not laughing. When you plant your peas stick your twigs/buddleja cuttings (that was me!) in between as close as you can and as many as you like - when the peas grow they zoom up them and curl round all the twigs. Meanwhile the buddlejas root over the summer. It's just a support method which uses saved material. You prolly grew the dwarf varieties without realising when they didn't reach the top that's all. I've done that a few times! Skarloey, I should still support your peas despite the claim that they're self supporting. When the pods fill up there is a lot of extra weight. It's not worth not doing it IMO!
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Mar 25, 2007 10:00:44 GMT
Post by skarloey on Mar 25, 2007 10:00:44 GMT
Thanks for the tip 4P, I will do. Just a shame I burned the raspberry canes!!! ;D
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Mar 25, 2007 10:42:13 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2007 10:42:13 GMT
Thanks 4P i'll try peas again this year and using my buddliea sticks. I'll check the height on the packet and see what happens. I'll let you know how it goes.
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