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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Patrick King on June 15, 2008, 09:30:45
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went up the lottie ths morning to feed the chickens. then they caught my eye. a big bush of pea pods. they tasted great, i have harvest a few for the stir fry tonight. :) any one else started to eat/harvest the peas?
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Not yet, but it is only matter of time, the Purple podded have been in flower now for about ten days.. ;D
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mine are all there just waiting for them to get fat they are in pots and it seems to take longer for them to swell up. I have a huge crop this year they never get as far as the diner table though ::)
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I don't have one pea plant :( Ones I direct sowed at lottie got eaten by rats/mice and ones I tried to grow on at home didn't grow at all!!! Am I too late to sow again? :( :( :(
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i have some ready for harvesting the only one to have tried any so far was my parrot he loves them
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I have just sown some peas 'Kelvedon Wonder' in some homemade newspaper pots. The instructions on the back say they can be sown from March to June. With June sownings having great success. It just means you will get peas in August! ;D
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nah its not to late, i sown another lot last week.
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I really don't mind when I get anything to be honest, as long as I get something! The only thing I really want on time is my brussels for Christmas lol
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First harvest was Friday just gone - Hurst Greenshaft - sown 24/02, harvest 13/06. Just enough for a small serving each... plenty more to follow...
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Mine are coming thick and fast now, I have put a kilo of peas in the freezer over the last three days.
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My plants seem to get half eaten as soon as they grow.
I noticed one plant had a pod growing on it but when I went up this morning the pod had gone.
Is it likely to be birds or rodents? Im thinking of putting some netting up, but doubt this would deter mice!
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I've got plenty of flowers on mine but no sign of peas :-\
My first attempt at growing them and it's not goingwell. They aremeant to be dwarfs but I think that stopping growing at 1ft is taking the pee-pee a little.
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This is my 5th attempt & the first time they've worked properly. I think I've sussed it now though!
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I'm having a rather mixed pea experience this year.......good old 'Show Perfection' is doing well as usual, but I've made a bit of a boo-boo with the HSL 'Parsley'...I'm growing it up a 8' high wigwam as it is supposed to be a tall pea, but mine are flowering at 2' high which looks a bit pathetic! Nice tendrils though, they really do look like parsley fronds. :-\
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I have 124 pea plants! No full pods yet though, the first ones I sowed seemed to stop growing but have started again.
Sown over the past 3 months:
Hurst Greenshaft
Old Homestead
Ezethas Krombek Blau Purple podded
Alderman
Ne Plus Ultra
Champion of England
Magnum Bonham
Gradus
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yes I harvested the first ones on the w'end, small servings for three ;)
They were Early Onward bought from Alan Romans and they are brilliant. Too big infact!!! They have fallen over for the most part :(
I hope it is not too late to sow some more! I would like to sow some now for a late summer crop!
I heard a good tip for peas: when you plant them, make a sort of protective covering of small twigs and branches that will make a sort of tunnel around them. This wil discourage birds from eating the small shoots. Once they get bigger they don't bother and you can just set the twigs upright and the peas will use them as supports.
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I have just started picking our Kelvedon Wonder, which are delicious. The only problem is that it is a dwarf variety, so the yield isn't that great. Can anyone recommend a tall(ish) early pea that crops well?
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I've got Ne Plus Ultra and Purple-podded flowering, but no peas yet, Magnum Bonum growing merrily but not flowering yet, and Alderman that was planted a little later. I start them in pots to stop birds having them. I'll probably put in an early one a bit later on, but I'm always short of space at this time of year.
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My poor feltham firsts suffered a tsunami, and were badly flooded, but have survived somehow, although some were lost so not a large crop expected! so far i have 4 pods::)
I have tried the twiggy sticks method too, it helps with the birds, but i still think some are getting eaten by mice, as only those i started off in pots have done well. The sugar snaps are also doing ok, although no pods yet.
Im hoping the rest of that bed dries out soon so i can plant a later crop of greenshaft.
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I grabbed a handfull on the way home from watering and ate them as I walked across the park. :P ;D ;D ;D
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I found a single sugar snap pod while I was weeding and ate it before the wildlife could!
I also disturbed a pigeon when I arrived, so I think its birds rahter than rodents eating them (maybe both!)
I will get some netting up.
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We sowed a French variety of Mangetout called Corne de Belier (Ram's Horn?) at the beginning of April - a bit late for the South of France but we had only just got that part of the plot ready.
We started picking about 10 days ago and get a good amount for 4 every couple of days - really delicious.
A second row planted a month later is already ready for picking (after 6 weeks!)
They are about 6 ft tall although they flopped in the middle - haven't really sorted out the best supports yet.
Wanted to share the harvest with the old bloke next door who helped us plant our spuds, but he has never heard of anyone eating the pods of peas! He reckons I must have read the packet wrong and keeps telling me that I'm picking them too early !!
I thought 'Mangetout' was a french word ;D
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Yes it is French I believe. Translates into "Eat it all", which I guess means you are supposed eat the pod! (I wouldnt suggest you take it too literally and eat the plant as well though!)
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Although many people eat the shoots...
have had a few purple podded as Mangetout, you have to get them really small though... very decorative. I won't tell Al, Deb. She has some beans that are refusing to climb up the canes.. :-[
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Hopefully it's third time lucky for me.
First sowing eaten by the slugs and mice.
Second by the pigeons
Planted out my third lot of plants today, with some extra seeds. Could hear those pigeons in the trees having a good laugh and licking their lips, but this time I have covered them with netting and put slug pellets down.
Mind we found rats on the plot next door the other day, so no doubt they will have their turn!
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started picking mine the other day - Misty, lovely and so tempting to eat them raw
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The salmon flowered are in full flow now, and the Magnum Bonum... ;D
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I'd just like to thank the people on this forum for supplying me with quite a few of the pea varieties I have.
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Having lost a couple of sowings to mice I now start mine off in a piece of guttering. When they are a couple of inches high I transplant the whole thing into the ground. Have been doing this for a couple of years now and it has alwys been successful. A new sowing every 2-3 weeks means fresh peas over a longer period. Haven't picked any so far this year but looks like the first lot will be ready in a week or 2. :D
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We sowed a French variety of Mangetout called Corne de Belier (Ram's Horn?) at the beginning of April - a bit late for the South of France but we had only just got that part of the plot ready.
Wanted to share the harvest with the old bloke next door who helped us plant our spuds, but he has never heard of anyone eating the pods of peas! He reckons I must have read the packet wrong and keeps telling me that I'm picking them too early !!
I thought 'Mangetout' was a french word ;D
Suzie, experience has shown me that Mangetout (sugar snaps or snow peas for us down under) are not eaten in France!! They don't know what they are. You might have to explain to your neighbour how to eat them but I doubt "stir fry" will mean much to him :) Tell him to add them to a jardnière de légumes, that might get the message through.
My neighbours find lots of my things bizarre! They have been looking at my 3 Sisters bed with puzzlement and don't understand why I grow things in blocks rather than long rows! They have also asked me what the gooseberries are, although some of the older ones know them. They are rarely eaten in France. So I can't say what reaction the Physalis got last year!!! ;D
I am going to sow a few more peas, I have a fantastic crop for once! I started them under the polytunnel! I will certainly do that again, it worked marvellously.