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On one of my allotments I have a lot of trouble with mice taking the peas after they have been sown  >:(  I hear that soaking the peas before hand in paraffin will stop this problem, the question is how long do you soak them for, an hour? overnight?.

Generally for about half an hour, while you are preparing the shallow trench... and strain...
:-\

Thanks saddad, will give it a go tomorrow

Dr D.G. Hessayon says in his book "The Vegetable Expert", and I quote,

"Old fashioned remedies are to dip the seed in paraffin or alum, or to put spiny branches along the rows. Mouse bait could be used if there is known to be a problem"

I'm a spiny branch fan myself...
;D

One good use for overgrowing brambles

Our allotment has a container as an office. Underneath lives a family of healthy mice-fattened feral cats..........no problem!

A drop of paraffin in watering can watered in when sowing usually does the trick.Or a length of string dipped in creosote then strung along sticks pushed in ground over your pea bed will keep em off and cats won't scratch up you seedbed either