???What's happened to my peas? I started them off in modules and planted them on Lottie Thursday. Went today and they are all eaten. The runner beans on next wigwams not touched. Am I to late to start them off again???? They were ambassador and feltham.
Probably pigeons. I put netting over mine until they get fairly big. Plant more - I am.
Last year the badger had mine he rolled around in them and flattened them all
and all that was left was half eaten pods, you could even see the claw marks on the pods he did not want
I was not to happy about that :'(
Shame about the first lot , try sowing direct with pricly branches such as gorse or blackberry over the top (if you have mice) or under net if its pigeons. I also think a string of old cds puts the birds off to.
Yes sow more , i always sow a row a month until august and ususally they all make it .
but they never make it into the kitchen (them and the sungold) so i actually sow two rows each month so that some of them make it into the house or freezer. !
good luck they will be worth it just off the bush on a warm afternoon all sweet and yummy!
x sunloving
I'm having trouble with short peas being et this year, but the tall ones are growing away with no problems.
I am starting to wonder about growing peas-for four years running they have been poor,the taller ones being the best but not wonderful.
For all the space dedicated to them V the return I do wonder if those frozen ones should do??
What do you mean by 'poor'? They're never going to be heavy croppers.
Early sowings both failed (Early Onward and Hurst Greenshaft) but suggest that that was down to the soil being too cold and wet and me being a bit previous. They looked like they'd just rotted in the ground. Second sowings made mid/late May (Hurst Greenshaft) are now up and running. Lance
What do you mean by 'poor'?
Hardly enough to make more than one or two servings-and given I do tend to munch them when out there.
But not enough to think-wow I have loads
I had rats a few years back that devastated my peas.
Quote from: lancelotment on June 22, 2010, 12:52:44
Early sowings both failed (Early Onward and Hurst Greenshaft) but suggest that that was down to the soil being too cold and wet and me being a bit previous. They looked like they'd just rotted in the ground. Second sowings made mid/late May (Hurst Greenshaft) are now up and running. Lance
Start them in pots. If it's cold, start them on the windowsill.