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.... of something, I'm going to put my fingers in my ears and repeat the following mantra: "I'm not listening! I'm not listening! 
Mangetout! Mangetout and even more mangetout! It's a good job we love it because we're going to be eating it until this time next year
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Wanting advice on planting out my 5 mangetout seedlings a few months ago, I posted a nice little thread and, as is always the case I got loads of very helpful advice.
However, I also got cries of: "5!!! I hope you live on your own and have a small appetite" and "at least 20-25 plants per wigwam ".
Sow I planted out my 5 seedlings and direct sowed another 5 seeds in between them and did the same with my 2nd wigwam a couple of weeks later. Now both wigwams are producing a combined average of 4-5oz of pods (sorry I don't do grams) EACH day and have been doing so for the last couple of weeks. We're over run!!!
The old lady next door has had some, one of OHs work mates has had some and I've even given a load to my little girls' pre-school for snack time (and gratefully recieved they were too). I have 20oz in the freezer and we've eaten another 39oz fresh.
And taking the "they're a here today gone tomorrow crop" comment to heart, I sowed another dozen a few weeks ago which are now growing around a 3rd wigwam because I wanted to make sure we had enough
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But I'll tell you what, Paulottie, you were so very right, they taste better than anything I've ever had from the shops and, in addition, once secure beneath protective netting, apart from having to pin them up on a regular basis, they've pretty much taken care of themselves. Thankyou so much for your advice but, if it's ok, next year though, please may I just stick to a dozen plants at the sart of the season and another dozen midway through.
Regards
Reet
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Mangetout! Mangetout and even more mangetout! It's a good job we love it because we're going to be eating it until this time next year
.Wanting advice on planting out my 5 mangetout seedlings a few months ago, I posted a nice little thread and, as is always the case I got loads of very helpful advice.
However, I also got cries of: "5!!! I hope you live on your own and have a small appetite" and "at least 20-25 plants per wigwam ".
Sow I planted out my 5 seedlings and direct sowed another 5 seeds in between them and did the same with my 2nd wigwam a couple of weeks later. Now both wigwams are producing a combined average of 4-5oz of pods (sorry I don't do grams) EACH day and have been doing so for the last couple of weeks. We're over run!!!
The old lady next door has had some, one of OHs work mates has had some and I've even given a load to my little girls' pre-school for snack time (and gratefully recieved they were too). I have 20oz in the freezer and we've eaten another 39oz fresh.
And taking the "they're a here today gone tomorrow crop" comment to heart, I sowed another dozen a few weeks ago which are now growing around a 3rd wigwam because I wanted to make sure we had enough
.But I'll tell you what, Paulottie, you were so very right, they taste better than anything I've ever had from the shops and, in addition, once secure beneath protective netting, apart from having to pin them up on a regular basis, they've pretty much taken care of themselves. Thankyou so much for your advice but, if it's ok, next year though, please may I just stick to a dozen plants at the sart of the season and another dozen midway through
.Regards
Reet
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. My first row of outdoor mange tout are nowhere near coming to an end yet the ones sowed 7 weeks later are starting to produce great guns. Love the things though so not a problem, think there are about 30 odd plants in each row and already finished the polytunnel ones 
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