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I was checking out my peas this afternoon; Paula is doing fine, but I can't say anything yet beyond the fact that it's a tall pea. I've mislaid Skansk Margart. Aaarrgh! Either it's lost its label or I didn't put one on. I've found a pea which may be it, sharing a wigwam with Clarke's Beltony Blue. It's an unusual flower, the same shade of pale purply-pink all over, with a veined appearance. It's tall, but I can't tell how tall yet. I'm wondering whether that's it.

Nope..Skansk Margart has got white flower. I'm not quite sure yet if its climber or just tall 'standard'. Mine is now about 4ft and it has just started flowering...but it has slowed down its growth as well..
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Forgot to add...don't worry about it Robert..idea was to have the seeds split to two was so there is security in numbers. Mine seem to be doing fine so far so nothing lost.. ;)
Now you just have to find out what that veined one is.. ;D

It'll be in there somewhere.

Gosh, the mystery of the lost peas.

Bring on Jane Marple.

It is just sooooo exciting.

If I'm planting two varieties together, I take care that they look different. I put Paula with Purple-Flowered Russian, which has coloured flowers, and small pods with a few small peas. Before long, I'll find a white-flowered pea where it ought not to be, though I'm surpprised I haven't spotted it already, since I plant them in a different arrangement when there are two varieties. The only worry is that if I was so tired I forgot to label it, I might have done something else silly. I've had to drag furniture all round the flat for the carpet layers, mark GCSE's, and try to keep up with the allotment at the same time. When it's like that I'm capable of anything.

I can now confirm that both are climbers..Skansk is garden pea..(I had little taster today..yum)
Paula's peas are like bullets (hard)..small and quite pale coloured..so I should imagine they are used as dry pea for soaking...mmm..pea soup.. ;D

My Paula which had been 'pruned' by pigeons is ok, had recovered well and I have been tasting the first few peas.  They are pale and small, but actually very sweet.

The plants are tall (now nearly 5ft, don't know what they would have been like without the pigeons) and white flowered.

Nice pea, thanks goodlife  :)

Skansk Maergaert is a lovely tall shelling pea which is quite branching.  Considering it is classed as a landrace, it does very well and has lots of pods.  Quite uniform too, must be an improved landrace.  Lovely variety.  Thanks for 'liberating' from the seed bank. 

Guess this year the climate was 'nordic' so far and we may be seeing these peas at their best.  Will have to see what they do in a warmer and drier year.

I just came back from lottie and enjoyed rainless day tasting the produce that have survived the monsoon.. ::)
Skansks did well for me last year even it was dry here..but with all this rain this summer, they seem to do even better.. ;D..and I managed to find pods that were ready for munching.. ;D YUM!
Considering it is classed as a landrace, it does very well and has lots of pods.  Quite uniform too
Yes, I thought that too..they are all short and fat pods.

So..your Paula peas were sweet..I wonder if they didn't like the dry weather last year and that caused them go to seed early and I was too late with my tasting session.. :-\ ::) It is not like me to miss eating opportunity.. :-X

Quote from: goodlife on July 21, 2012, 17:20:38


So..your Paula peas were sweet..I wonder if they didn't like the dry weather last year and that caused them go to seed early and I was too late with my tasting session.. :-\ ::) It is not like me to miss eating opportunity.. :-X

Yes they were,  I was thinking 'petit pois', but very pale coloured  ;D.  Mine are late after recovering from being munched nearly to the ground.  Perhaps I harvested the pods quite young.  Interesting pea.  I think we can start this variety very early in future.  Seems hardier than Skansk M.

Heavens, my peas have grown, been harvested, got attacked by some mouldy thing, in about a week were reduced to just dry stems (couldn't even save any seed) and are already on the rubbish heap! They were nice to eat though, we got about 4 meals out of them....not really the most prolific veg.

Quote from: antipodes on July 23, 2012, 10:49:01
Heavens, my peas have grown, been harvested, got attacked by some mouldy thing, in about a week were reduced to just dry stems (couldn't even save any seed) and are already on the rubbish heap! They were nice to eat though, we got about 4 meals out of them....not really the most prolific veg.

Yes, that just goes to show for how long it has been unseasonally cold in Britain.  Everything, even cool weather crops, have been slowed down by a month or at least by several weeks.

Yesterday was the first summery day in such a long time, today is glorious as well - I expect we will see a speeding up of the 'pea flourishing and demise' process here too.

Normally my peas are tailing off at this time of year and the main bean harvest is starting.  This year most beans are not even up the poles yet and few are flowering and I am still harvesting and freezing bags of peas  :)

oops I have just started eating the new beans, in the last few days, Even the first runners will be ready, probably tomorrow or wednesday! My runners are now over 2m tall, the poles are bending precariously. And the french beans sowed May 11 are gving their first beans. So now I know, about 9 weeks for French beans. I just sowed some more so they should be great for September!