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  • #1

    How many mangetout plants?

    I know this is very subjective, but I'm trying to find out how many mangetout plants I'll need in my garden. There are only two of us in the household, but, being in Spain, I'm sure I'd use a lot of the pods in salads, light stir-fries etc.

    I can't find any information on yields. I'm looking at Oregon Sugar Pod, which is supposed to be "high yield", but I have no idea what that means! Do I need two plants? Four? Eight?

    I don't mind if I have too many (space is not and issue) but a rough estimate would be handy. Thanks!
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    I have 24 plants growing away in the greenhouse to supplement meals for 2 of us. (variety is Kent Blue -heritage, fairly high yielding *coughs* in the VSP...)
    http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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    • #3
      You're going to have to help me out - VSP? I'm new round these parts

      Very Special Person?
      Visible Sausage Pants?

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      • #4
        Virtual seed parcel. It's a thing of beauty: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...sts_83433.html

        Terms and conditions on page 1 of this thread: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...cel_83432.html

        PS Sausage pants??? Are they de rigeur over there in Spain? Please post pics!
        Last edited by sparrow100; 18-03-2016, 12:00 PM.
        http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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        • #5
          I grow flat podded mangetout, usually Bijou from Realseeds. I pick a couple of pods from a plant at a time - so if you want 20 pods for a meal, you need 10 plants (roughly).
          The more you pick, the more you get - but not all at once.
          This may help you with Vine speak http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ses_86211.html

          Before you get too excited about the VSP, you need to be a member of the Forum for 3 months, have made 50 posts in that time and have a UK address to send the seeds to.

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          • #6
            I have a short dwarf row to plant out in the polytunnel which is probably about 20 plants and I'll sow a couple more climbing ones for outside later in the season, about 30 seeds each I should think. There are 2 of us but I will give a few to my mum.

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I realised I wasn't eligible for the VSP. Never mind

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              • #8
                Originally posted by snowbunny View Post
                Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I realised I wasn't eligible for the VSP. Never mind
                Aye, but keep rabbiting & you will be eligible in June just in time for your winter veg.
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                • #9
                  Nope, because I don't have a UK address

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                  • #10
                    Not to mention, I live in a ski resort in the winter, so not much growing winter veg under all the snow

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                    • #11
                      Bit late to this thread, but I grow Oregon Sugar Pod. I sow a row (1.5m) once a month April-July which gives two of us a couple of meals a week plus enough to give away and an A4 sized bag in the freezer. They are ok frozen as part of a mix in a stir fry, but not great just as a plain veggie.
                      I sowed my first row on Monday this week, but we don't have any snow down here!
                      Hope this helps and the tail end of the ski season is good for you
                      Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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                      • #12
                        I grew Oregon Sugar Pod last year. Two 4ft rows sown in the normal 3 inch separation (i.e 12 seeds to the ft) gave a salad's worth of peas for two every other day at their peak. That's in the East Midlands, how that compares to Spain I have no idea.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by MarkPelican View Post
                          Two 4ft rows sown in the normal 3 inch separation (i.e 12 seeds to the ft)
                          Have I misunderstood? Surely 12 seeds to the foot is a 1" spacing, not 3"?

                          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Alison View Post
                            Have I misunderstood? Surely 12 seeds to the foot is a 1" spacing, not 3"?
                            x x x
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                            x x x 3"

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                            • #15
                              except another row oops!

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