peas

[westsussexlottie]

My peas are flowering - well only a few are.
I have never grown peas before - should I pinch out the first flowers?
If not, how long until I get a few pods - and will there be any more from these plants?

[westsussexlottie]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Don't pinch them out. As long as you keep picking, they should go on producing for a while.

[Mrs Ava]

The pods come quite quickly, once they start, and you will be suprised how many pods will be lurking in amongst the foliage when you come to pick!

[Roy Bham UK]

;D Glad that question was asked as mine have started flowering too ;D we're getting to the exciting bits now aren't we? ;D

[Justy]

roughly how long does it take from flower to pea?

[RSJK]

When peas are in flower it is a good time to spray them to protect from the maggot, from the pea moth.
                                             ;)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Is there an organic way of dealing with this? I always get it but I won't spray!

[RichardS]

Mine were covered with fleece a few weeks ago - mainy to thwart the onslaught of the Hungry Pigeon.

They're flowering now and pods are developing, and I'm going to leave the fleece on, hoping to thwart the onslaught of the Hungry Pea Moth.

Like you, I only spray things when I really, really need to, and for things like blackfly and aphids I will use soft soap rather than other chemical formulations.

Partly driven by organic-ish principles, but mostly because I'm still a Yorkshireman in my heart, and chemicals cost money....

[Mrs Ava]

Noticed number one son has a few pods on his peas in his veggie grow bag.  Not long from flowers to pods, but you want a nice lot of rain as the pods develop so you get nice fat juicy peas inside!

[Sprout]

I believe that it's 3 weeks from flowering to harvest.

[Justy]

yippee - wont be long now then.  Had loads of rain today so hopefully that will help too.  What are the signs of this moth thingy?

[Mrs Ava]

Little white wigglies when you de-pod them.  Doesn't worry me  :-X and we don't have a lot of choice as the kids do the podding and they don't see them.  Tis all protein.  :-X :-X

[kitty]

heruuuuuup...heruuuuuuuup!(sound of kitty retching)pass me the bucket!!!!!!

[Justy]

I'm with EJ - as long as the peas are ok!

[wardy]

What you don't see and all that ..... I have been told to spray my peas with Rose insecticide  but I don't use that because it kills bees (so it says on the stuff I've got).  Unless I go to the plot at night when the bees have gone to bed  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

That stuff will kill all your pollinators if you spray during the day. I hate insecticides, they're major bee killers. Mostly you don't see it, but sometimes they're all on something which has just been sprayed and you lose all or most of the flying bees. In that case, you can forget about honey from that hive. I once had a hive entrance sprayed; I couldn't prove who did it but it was deliberate vandalism.