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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: flowerlady on January 29, 2006, 15:52:23

Poll
Question: Please take part in this poll.  How do you plant your peas!!
Option 1: In trenches - broadcast votes: 20
Option 2: Singly in a row votes: 19
Title: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: flowerlady on January 29, 2006, 15:52:23
Should have done this first!!   

Is one method better than the other for earlies or lates ?   Any thoughts?
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: Jesse on January 29, 2006, 19:27:26
flowerlady I plant mine in guttering and cover them to get an early start and to avoid slug damage at seedling stage. Then I plant them out in double rows. When I plant them out I sow more seeds directly but never seem to have much success with direct sowing, think it's the slugs that munch them.
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: grawrc on January 29, 2006, 19:30:55
I'm planting them in guttering as well mainly because of your suggestions in another post Jesse. Is it OK to put them on a shelf in the (unheated) greenhouse till they sprout? It's a bit safer from mice .. maybe.. I thought. :-\ ::)
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: Georgie on January 29, 2006, 19:37:45
I'm sorry Flowerlady but I can't answer your poll.  I grow mine in pots.    ;D

G xx
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: Zippy Seale on January 29, 2006, 19:43:33
I start my in pots and plant out later.
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on January 29, 2006, 23:18:23
I don't really think there's anything to choose between the two methods you suggest. It looks like a tie anyway.
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: sandersj89 on January 30, 2006, 09:50:55
I use root trainers for peas, well for lots in fact not just peas!

Jerry
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: busy_lizzie on January 30, 2006, 10:41:30
We start ours off in pots too and plant out later when they are strong enough.  They just get nibbled if the peas are planted straight into the soil.  busy_lizzie
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: flowerlady on January 30, 2006, 11:15:56
Having starting them in pots what are the spacings?  Does space give better production?    :-\
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: flowerofshona on January 30, 2006, 11:28:08
Same as Jerry, in root trainers here and later on in trenches :)
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: Zippy Seale on February 05, 2006, 21:15:44
I plant out from pots with a spacin of 9-12 " between plants.
It does depend on the variety, but I have never had problems with weak cropping.
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: loulou on February 05, 2006, 22:15:51
sorry i start mine in pots to then plant into soil when strong
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: mike_w on February 05, 2006, 22:26:25
Like grawrc I use guttering off the floor in the greenhouse. We are plagued with pigeons so I have to net them when they finally go out though.
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: flowerlady on February 05, 2006, 23:57:20
As this was a good fruit and seed w/e according to the moon,  decided to pot up some peas in loo rolls. 

So when they come up, if they come up,  maybe I will plant them in 2 rows in a trench  ;D
Title: Re: POLL : How do you grow peas?
Post by: gunnerbee on February 06, 2006, 00:49:45
sow mine in march then cover with a plastic cloche, never failed me yet.
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