Have really enjoyed the wet weather we had... the posts are 8' tall....
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Wow, they look great Sadad. Another one for next year for me then. What are they called please?
"Purple podded peas" ;D
They are a heritage variety from HSL... if you want to try some pm me... but they'll do better next season as they can be prone to mildew from a very late sowing. Makes a good purple mangetout when small, a good fresh pea and a god pea in cooked dishes like curries but is a bit "grey" and chewy for use as a side dish... (old variety not as sweet and with more starch and protein)
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They look just beautiful. Noted your comment about late sowings and mildew - I have a row planted a couple of weeks ago, coming up nicely now, so will just keep fingers crossed and sow earlier next year. (Was going to wait till next year to try them but somehow just couldn't resist....)
If they went in at the start of June the should be fine, unless when get a scorching hot July/August... 8)
mine are four foot tall with no flowers yet :-\
They look very sophisticated Saddad (and quite tasty too :P)! ;D ;D ;D
Are they similar to Carouby De Mausanne variety? I've got my eye on getting some of those for next year !
I'm growing some of the 'heritage' purple podded peas and they are almost ready to pick. I got the seed from a 'swap' on A4A four years ago and multiplied up to get enough seeds for 'cropping'. I am growing mine on a 'trial plot' for the schools who visit our allotments to show them that 'peas aren't just peas and that there's more than one variety'
Mr Fothergill seeds do a 'purple podded' variety and I purchased some of these earlier in the year and sowed at the same time as my saved ones - the Mr Fothergill's ones appear to be a later variety, as they were all sowed at the same time and the Mr F's ones are only now flowering, also the flowers seem smaller.
There are loads of purple podded varieties, but many of the names are lost and they're sold as 'purple podded'. The purple pods depend on two or three genes, so they're not really that special.
Lovely variety. Sown in March has provided a nice hedge to cut off the wind. Very hardy. Rampant.
Last year also grew PPP from Robinson's. Did OK but only 75% purple pods. Certainly HSL better. I only started with 10 seeds (slugs ate a couple) They produced huge plants. Ate a lot and saved a lot. Had them in the front garden, prettier than many genuine garden plants.
This year have loads and loads. Have been eating them as mangetout for a couple of weeks now. They are growing all over the garden, brighten up a shrub and give it a second flowering.
I have planted some of the seeds you send me Saddad. Hopefully I won't get mildrew as they haven't been in very long! :-\ Our early onwards peas are doing great from an early sowing. Not long till they will be ready now.
Even if they do badly you will have enough to bulk up for a proper sowing next year... I recommend Early May for the best crop... :)
I had Robinson's purple podded last year, and they were 100% purple. Sounds as though something went wrong with a batch of seed. Did you complain, Digeroo?
I have another HSL variety called "Lancashire Lad" (So I couldn't resist) that has purple pods... :)
Only put mine in a couple of weeks ago - I didn't realise(doh!) they grew so tall.
Do you think they will crop as I am so much later sowing?
QuoteDid you complain, Digeroo.
No I sent back some red flowered broad beans. (25%) But the peas cropped well felt I had had my moneys worth. However only saved seed from HSL stock. Which were bigger and stronger.
When I grew them last year also did not realise they grew so big. Gave them a few twigs to climb up, then tomato sticks and finally 8 ft bean canes. I pinched out the tops and they grew again from below, and then the pigeons devastated them, and they popped up again and grew even more peas.
The person in the next allotment says they do not have stems they have tree trunks.
Most heritage peas exceed 2m... it's only with the advent of machine harvesting that all the small ones have been developed... personally I prefer mine at eye level. Larger crop, longer cropping... Now Magnum Bonum is the one to get off the HSL list... ;D
They'll be fine Delboy, it's only if you are putting them in now that you might get mildew before the end of the season...
Put them in ASAP and hope for a dry autumn. You'll get a crop anyway, even if they do develop mildew.
saddad are you or anyone else growing clarkes beltony blue, hughs huge and simpsons special for the hsl trials?
if you are, how are they doing?
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We are growing Hugh's Huge... they are doing well, but not as a trial we got them several yers ago... :-\