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Title: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: wilko on July 14, 2007, 15:26:04
 :( is this normal for peas??

don't tell me they need water   ;D

seriously having never grown them before, is this just how they end up after cropping ?
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: watkin girl on July 14, 2007, 20:52:05
dont know but one of my peas has gone like that aswell and the peas rotted whilst growing (hurst greenshaft)
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: SnooziSuzi on July 14, 2007, 22:04:53
I started mine off in cardboard tubes before planting them out and they went like this initially.  it turned out to be lack of nutrients so I put some chicken manure pellets on them and they are doing fine.

have they been setting pods for very long?  I understand that they will only set pods for a few weeks and then are spent, but some of the more experienced gardeners should be able to put you right on that.

HTH
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: saddad on July 14, 2007, 22:52:56
Sometimes pulling the pods pulls the plant out and then it dies...
:'(
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: tin can on July 14, 2007, 23:00:10
May need a good feed? All this rain is washing away nutrients
They also look a bit like my 2nd crop do in the Autumn when they start to go moldy.
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: Kepouros on July 14, 2007, 23:24:44
It doesn`t look to me like a nutrient problem, as other adjoining plants are perfectly o.k., and it certainly doesn`t resemble any of the pea virus or fungi.  The colour of the stems, and the amount of dead foliage suggests to me a problem with the roots failing to function - probably as a result of the weather.

And don`t forget , TOMORROW IS ST. SWITHIN`S DAY!
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: davyw1 on July 15, 2007, 08:00:44
If they have cropped that is how they go when they are dying back
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: wilko on July 15, 2007, 09:46:28
QuoteAnd don`t forget , TOMORROW IS ST. SWITHIN`S DAY!

OH MY GOD NO !!!  :( ;)
Title: Re: What's wrong with my Peas ?
Post by: Fork on July 15, 2007, 11:54:05
I lost a complete row of peas that looked like this.

I have put it down to the roots sitting in waterlogged ground.........and its still raining as I type this  :(