Topic: Help with peas

[BAGGY]

Did I read somwhere that you can still put in peas ?  If so which type - how tall etc - any any special treatment required ?  I am a total useless disaster with peas and yet they are my one of my fave veg (even shop bought frozen - sorry).

I am in kent if that helps.       ....   Thanka

[Svea]

hmm, i put in peas at the end of june - not sure you can still do it now and get a good crop? in any case, use an early cropping variety - as only short time required from sowing to harvest.

good luck
svea

[Moggle]

The HDRA 'bible' says early peas crop in 11-12 weeks, so if you got em in within a few days they'd probably be okay.

I sowed Meteor (Kings)  and Twinkle (T&M) a few weeks ago. Both those are shorter varieties - 40 cm tall-ish

The organic catalogue also lists
Ambassador - 90 days maturity
Early Onward - 82 days
Onward 92 days

[Kepouros]

You might get severe mildew problems in late September.

[daveandtara]

i'am a total novice but decided to put peas in two weeks ago because i figure that even if i don't get a crop, the roots dug in provide the perfect base for later planting of brassicas (apparently).
nothing really goes to waste on a lottie does it?
good luck, Tara xx

[LesH]

   I grow Early Onwards where I dig out my early spuds. These only grow to two feet in hight. Most years I get a decent crop, but again it depends on the weather. LesH       

[cyrilsquirrel]

I have got some overwinter peas called Feltham first. You can plant them out in sept/oct.

I am desperately prepareing a bed now on my new lottie  ;D

[supersprout]

I'll be throwing in Kelvedon Wonder peas, dwarf and don't need sticking (in theory) until Sept/Oct. The late sown ones give delicious PEA SPROUTS :D :D :D for your salad til well into the Autumn, just snip them off like cut and come again salads and they will sprout again. Sainsbury's seem to have cottoned on to pea sprouts in their salad range and charge a fortune ;D (Full instructions in Joy Larkcom's Oriental Vegetables book)

[jennym]

You might be a bit late with kelvedon Wonder. I find they do need support.

[Looby Loo]

A chap at our lottie site was preparing to plant peas at the weekend.  (I think he's a bit of a pro as he has 5 plots!)  He said if he plants now he should harvest in October.  We are in East Sussex so I supose this extends the season quite a bit.

[djbrenton]

I've sown Ambasador as a late crop as they have resistance to powdery mildew.

[wardy]

Folks near me grow late peas.  I wouldn't go mad to prepare a bed Cyril.  I just use the patch where a bonfire had been and planted them in a hole made with a bulb planter.  They were as fine as could be.  No digging at all  :)

As for pea tops you can stir fry them too  :)

[supersprout]

I am going to plant some peas in seed compost in a piece of guttering the width of a bed. The theory is to cover a bed-size piece of the weedy ground with newspaper, then when the peas have grown a bit cut slits in the newspaper and sliiide out the whole mass so the weeds are suppressed around the peas but they get their roots into the ground.
Anyone done this? ::)