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Evening all.

May seem a daft question to some but I need some help please as my books seem to be contradicting each other.

I want to no if it is too early to plant my Peas into pots on the windowsill??

The type of Pea.....Hurst Green Shaft  (2nd Early)

Thanks again,

Graham

Good question Graham,

I'll watch for the replies with interest as I've bought some peas to plant (having never grown ANYTHING before). Mine will be going into pots on the patio though.

My pea seed packet says to plant straight out in February. Should I be planting indoors?

I'll watch with interest,

Jo.

I was going to start them off in modules outside this week and transplant where there big enough.

Going to start mine off on the 4th as the moon is in the correct quarter for PEAS!!!!

is it an idea to soak peas or not? regards gg x xx

Get used to the books contradicting, which ones are they by the way HTFC. :-\ ??? ;D

we've just planted some peas in a piece of guttering in the poly, when they're big enough, they'll go out under a cloche  ;D

Thank you all very much for your replies.

Cornykev: the books are= THE COMPLETE VEGETABLE GARDENER by Fern Marshall-Bradley and Jane Courtier £20 from WHSmiths, and THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENERS HANDBOOK by Marshall Cavendish which my Father in law gave me. both very good thick books loads of info and pictures.

Cheers again....Graham ;D

Will planting peas early avoid pea weevil? Also, will covering the peas with fleece do the job, as I dont know if they are flies or something else, and would the peas need exposure to insects to get pollinated to set fruit? ???

cj :)

from what I can remember, to avoid the dreaded pea grub, plant early or later, we cover them with a cloche and uncover while we're at the plot for pollination, the cloche will stop the pigeons eating them , hopefully  ;D

was told down the lotty at the weekend to soak pea seeds overnight in parrafin or tcp to avoid mice nicking them... but was too late as i already sowed . grrr

I've given up growing peas :o - over-rated, space consuming and under-cropping IMO >:(
pea shoots instead!

How many do i plant to start off with..?  if they are to be grown sucessionally?? have a 7m row to fill?? no cloche at the mo but a small cold frame. I have Kelvedon wonder (Early).

This is my way including pictures; http://tinyurl.com/2t6yvb

I started to do it this way and at this time to save me all the hassle of paraffin,soaking & mice etc.

I find it fits in with the bug season and they are ready around the same time as what the books say.

supersprout  what variatys had you grown?

Kelvedon something, telephone, guardsman, and yellow and purple mangetout :'(
They did fine, just not enough crop for the area and tending required. Bring on the cardoons! ;D

haha

kelvedon wonder is something i am trying this year for the first time.

Agree with you about mangetout as i tend to pick them a little late and there a little tough but sadad has given me some yellow mangetout to try and encourage me to try again.

But i got plenty of them and beans last year so i though peas would be ok...

Planting them between spuds so if nothing else there a wind break...

Have to disagree with you Supersprout about peas being overrated, nothing tastes better than a freshly picked pea. I grew a variety calledMisty last year and harvested 84lbs off a 50 ft row and thought that was very good value seeing that they were something like 80 pence per lb in the shops.

Peas really do need damp, but not waterlogged soil SS so I'm not surprised if they disappointed last year... We grow round (Hardy) starchy peas like Purple podded and Freu Heinrich (?) and wrinkled like Magnum Bonum, Ne Plus Ultra, Telegraph and Alderman. As well as Mangetout!

and even if they get dry and stop at 4' they look pretty!

here is a pic of my peas grown last year.