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Hi all...has anyone ever successfully made late (like now frinstance)sowings of Peas for cropping the current season ? .If so,what variety did you use?,hope you can understand that ???....Alan

I think I will be sowing some peas later in the month. Can't think of the variety name yet, but you want ones with mildew resistance. - Just looked - the variety Ambassador (Mr Fothergills), according to the packet, can be sown upto early July.

I've just put a batch of Dutch "capucijn" peas (black podded) in a length of guttering. They are a marrowfat (wrinkled) variety, but I wonder if round-seeded ones might be a better bet (like the ones you plant to overwinter.) It's one of John Seymour's dicta, You can never have too many peas, just as he states You can never have too many sprouts. :P You can easily have tooo many overcooked sprouts, but there again the hens don't seem to mind khaki sprouts for brekkie.

Gilgamesh, what's the trick to the guttering? I got pretty more germination when I tried it.

Jeremy

Thanks everyone  :).........Alan

Yes thanks a lot i'll put a row down when i pull me onions.Was todays job .But rain stopped play .I presume direct planting.I usually do peas as most other things in modules.Then again there are still the mice about may do both to be safe.

I do the guttering thing because that means they are on the patio (which is poshspeak for back yard) where I see them / deal with them every day, but because you are planting the lot in one fell swoop there's less or no root disturbance. I suspect it would work for other things like swedes that don't approve of being transplanted, too.

Never had a decent crop of peas without spraying,so grow more broadies instead.Don't know if there is a another way.

Do peas not like root disturbance?

(I haven't got any guttering and I don't like buying things!)

Why not try modules then? Just dig a hole when they are big enough and xplant them i plant 2 peas in each and dont have many misses

Hi again,just thought I'd mention that I tried peas in modules(5 per toilet roll inner ::) and they are now producing quite well, both sugar snap and Hurst Greenshaft,the recent sowing in situ have not shown yet (10 days),so I guess I might have lost those to mice or birds :'( so that's a plus for modules in my book.....Alan

Yes-and most main crop sorts-you would be amazed how many things can be grown `late`OK some will be a failure but it`s fun.

Stephan.

think you've all said it already.  Anyway, we sow first lot in modules and a second sowing direct in the ground.  First sowing of mange tout being harvested, mid and late varieties (Balmoral and Jaguar) flowering/podding fine. Don't find any problem transferring from modules just make hole and pop whole "ball" in as BB said above. Direct sown about 3 weeks ago (all same varieties) about 4" high now.

Pleeezze let there not be pea moth ::)

 ;)Been and bought a packet half price at Wilkinsons put them in modules and prepared the ground ready to plant out so here goes.Also got my broad Beans ready for an Autumn sowing whilst i was there.

Re starting in modules. For the last couple of years I've just pre-germinated anything with a large seed (peas, beans, sweetcorn, courgettes) on wet kitchen paper in marge tubs, then planted them carefully so as not to damage the root. It seems to work just as well as modules and is good for me because I only have a rather small windowsill and a rather small cold frame which get very crowded in April.

Sue