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I started my peas in pots as suggested, they didn't seem to sprout outside on the covered balcony even though it was not cold so I brought them in.

A few days ago they showed green, now they have grown like Jacks's beanstalks as they were not getting enough light.

I am going to have to plant them today even though it is raining on and off or they will perish.

They will not have been hardened off.

Can I plant them deep like I would with tomatoes.

Hope someone is there who can help me quick as we have to do it today or wait at least a week. as we have heavy rains forecast.

Help

XX Jeannine

If you must plant out, then you must.  :'(   Try and provide a bit of cover in case of a drop in overnight temperatures.

I think peas in pots is a bit of a waste of space and time, try a yard length of guttering and slide into a suitably sized trench when ready. 

Cheers,     Tony.

I would not plant much deeper than they are now..maybe an inch deeper but anymore than that I would 'feel' like there is risk for the stems. Not being hardened off should not be problem.

Can peas take the cold.. I have some that are about 3" high in guttering so nearly ready to go out..

They should be able to take cold..providing we don't get 'all day long' freezing weather.

Wrinkle-seeded peas tend to rot in cold ground, but once they're up, that won't be a problem. They should be all right in anything short of an arctic blast.

Thank you... they will go in soon then..

Thanks  folks, we did't get them planted, it was blowing so hard 5 minutes after we got there we dare not even take them out of the car. A friend met us there with some French Sorrel roots and by the time we got those in the wind was almost blowing us over so we had to abandon the idea.

They are now in the back of the car in an underground parking garage.

I suspect we are going to lose them. The tall growing ones are almost a foor high but on very spindly stems.

Tony I can't do the guttering thing here as  I am in an apartment.

Would evryone please pray for a break in the wind and rain..

XX Jeannine

In the circumstances I would cut them down to 3-4 inches and let them shoot again.

Quote from: Jeannine on March 29, 2012, 01:56:10
Thanks  folks, we did't get them planted, it was blowing so hard 5 minutes after we got there we dare not even take them out of the car. A friend met us there with some French Sorrel roots and by the time we got those in the wind was almost blowing us over so we had to abandon the idea.

They are now in the back of the car in an underground parking garage.

I suspect we are going to lose them. The tall growing ones are almost a foor high but on very spindly stems.

Tony I can't do the guttering thing here as  I am in an apartment.

Would evryone please pray for a break in the wind and rain..

XX Jeannine

Please put them in full light.  Do you have access to a greenhouse bench?  Back to the balcony?  They can take quite a bit of frost, no problem on that score.  But not the dark back of the car for any length of time or you  w i l l  lose them.

The stems will harden up beautifully in a cold greenhouse on a bench.  That's where mine were before planting out.  And the last ones that went out were about a foot tall too.  No problem if the plants stems are used to light and thicker and sturdy.

Plant them fairly deep (well the Swiss instructions say to mound a little extra soil around them after planting).  Definitely hide the attached pea seed remnant well.  Sturdy stems and planted fairly deep and wind is not much of a problem.  Fit brushy, twiggy pea sticks around the base of them after planting to give them a little extra support (hedge prunings?), this will also help with wind.

Please get them into the light.

If all else fails, yes, trimming them sounds ok, but I have never done this.

Please send us your rain!

We are going over there again today, it is still howling a gale but we are trying to get them in the greenhouse, it is about 500 yards at least from the car so they could get blown a lot. In the greenhouse they are at the mercy of the mice but I don't have much options left.

Poor John, they are 6 trays of these all with pots on so I don't envy him but we will give ot our best shot.

Galina can I get this right it is OK to bury the stems deeper, how much deeper dare I go,


XX Jeannine

Quote from: Jeannine on March 29, 2012, 18:27:10


Galina can I get this right it is OK to bury the stems deeper, how much deeper dare I go,


XX Jeannine

Good luck - an inch at least unless the soil is waterlogged.

Thank you..I will let you know, I really don't want to lose these peas now XX Jeannine

You know sometimes you just know God is on your side.

We decided to brave it today and get them to the greenhouse, it was blowing and raining as we pulled out but as we got to the gradens the wind stopped and the rain did too. We took them all to the plot , got them all in and took off back to the car, a few minutes later the wind and rain came back.

They are safe and tucked in and I just feel confident that they are going to be just fine.

A great big thank you to those smashing folks who sent me the wonderful selection of heirloom seeds I  finally planted today..thank you.

XX Jeannine

Pleased you got them in, despite awful weather.  Hope all will go smoothly from now on.  :)