Carouby de maussane pea

[grannyjanny]

Has anyone tried this pea & if so what was the verdict. Is it worth sowing some now.

[grannyjanny]

[Digeroo]

Why not plant a few and find out.

[plot51A]

Well I thought I was growing them but they seem to have got muddled up with my golden podded peas.  ;D Its a mange tout so would have thought it was a bit late to grow them now, but could easily be wrong. I'm certainly putting them on my grow again list for  next year.

[manicscousers]

grew them last year,lovely flowers and very prolific  :)

[cleo]

You might get a crop given a long summer.

I rate them highly but this year my garden has been so dry all but the smallest pods have gone `fibrous` already :(

[plot51A]

Ah, didn't realise that dry conditions caused them to be fibrous, that explains a lot. Have found that the aforementioned yellow podded that I'm picking now are not fibrous - at least not yet!

[grannyjanny]

Do you sow these like say, kelvedon wonder, as in scattering them in a shallow trench? I know they need support.

[plot51A]

Thats what I do and seems to work for me  :)