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Just in case the pigeons get hungry I have surrounded them in a very fine mesh corded netting. I will keep the wind off and give them a bit of a micro climate.
there is a school of thought among the old boys about soaking the peas in paraffin before planting.
Starting them off in modules does help and just like broad beans they are tough as old boots. Another reason is mice, although another guy at the allotments saw my efforts and decided to have a try. The next day there were little holes along most of his seedlings and they were nipped off. He puts it down to mice. Mine were in a small plot surrounded by recently treated wood. Now there is a school of thought among the old boys about soaking the peas in paraffin before planting. (a bit too drastic for me) but perhaps the smell of the wood preservative stopped the mice getting at mine.