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...isi it too early to sow my peas - variety meteor ?


Nobbs xx

when is your last frost date

not sure whereabouts you are Nobbyman, but I think you will be ok with Meteor, I sowed some a few weeks back (in the SE) and they are doing fine

If you plant them in pots on the windowsill, you're bombproof. It's a round-seeded variety, so it shouldn't rot if you plant it outside - wrinkle-seeded varieties probably will as the soil's still quite cold - but it'll be slow to come up, and meanwhile mice or pigeons could work havoc.

pear can be plant 5-6 weeks before your last frost.

60  3" pots filled with early onward 4 peas to the pot sown 3 weeks ago in unheated greenhouse  i hope to plant them out under fleece next weekend.

we have meteor in 2 x4' gutters hanging in the poly, about 1" tall at the moment  ;D

Bristol here......I've bitten the bullet and planted the meteor seeds out today....wish me luck!

Nobbs xx

I planted meteor under bottle in November they are currently looking fine.  They seem pretty tough.

Any round seeded variety are fine ... we sowed a row of "Frau Heinrich"(?) and they are coming through strongly now..  :)

Quote from: Nobbyman on March 20, 2011, 22:14:12
Bristol here......I've bitten the bullet and planted the meteor seeds out today....wish me luck!

Nobbs xx

Good luck  ;D

To be honest I started my heritage samples over a month ago indoors, moved them into an unheated greenhouse after 7 days (which has been getting up to 30oC recently) and then into the ground (without a clotch)  almost 2 weeks ago and they have taken well and are growing.

I am in Nottingham and the weather has been okay, not too many frosts and not hard ones either.  Peas are sheilded from the wind with foot high glass

Meteors went into module strips a week ago, moved out to coldframe from kitchen as soon as thhey showed, Twinkle went in this weekend.... Hurst GS, Kelvedon W. and Telefono will go in in a few weeks....

chrisc

Quote from: manicscousers on March 20, 2011, 16:15:12
we have meteor in 2 x4' gutters hanging in the poly, about 1" tall at the moment  ;D

Great idea that, do you drill the bottoms for drainage??

Thanks D

I only put them under bottles to keep the rabbits, deer, voles, mice, squirrels etc etc off them.

Quote from: THE DOG on March 21, 2011, 18:32:14

Quote from: manicscousers on March 20, 2011, 16:15:12
we have meteor in 2 x4' gutters hanging in the poly, about 1" tall at the moment  ;D

Great idea that, do you drill the bottoms for drainage??

Thanks D

yes, a few, just got to make sure they don't dry out  ;D