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just got some meteor peas from debster. ive not sown over wintering peas before so im looking for tips. do you sow direct or into pots then plant out.
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Better sown indoors methinks as the meeces love em!
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think ill give sowing in gutering a try in the safety of the greenhouse. at what stage do you plant outLast edited by hawthorns; 21-10-2008, 06:00 PM.my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
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Hawthorns
A warning. Mice got in my greenhouse last year and the only way I could grow early peas was to get some of the giant propagator covers which covered 15 fiber pots each. I also used a plant spray to lightly spray the tops of the propagators with paraffin. This kept the blighters at bay. So beware uncovered pea and bean seeds.
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I have often read about soaking the peas in paraffin to discourage the mouses from eating them. Does anyone do this?
Last year, I grew my peas from seed inside on windowsills in the house to stop those pesky little creatures.Bob Leponge
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My lottie is a mouse magnet and I've lost whole crops from direct sowing. However I now sprout them, sow them direct, and they're fine. I went from 98% failure to 98% success by this method. A sprouting seed produces a foul taste on its surface, which is why you have to keep thoroughly rinsing them when you grow them for consumption, if you just sprout them on damp kitchen paper for about five days, never rinsing, then sow, you get a huge crop. I've done this for the last three years to every seed that is likely to be lost due to rodents or birds and that is large enough to handle individually, including beans and sweetcorn. I haven't had a failure since. Now I just need a method to keep the little blighters off my strawberries.Last edited by bluemoon; 22-10-2008, 11:22 AM.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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Sounds like another brilliant tip from Bluemoon. Guess whose putting her pea and broadies seeds on the kitchen windowsill tonight for planting at the weekend!!!Comment
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thanks, Bluemoon, I'll try the sprouting thing with my broad beans. the peas are already in, I just wish I'd thought of that first.Last edited by maytreefrannie; 23-10-2008, 09:08 PM.My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)
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When to plant out?
Hi,
newbie here.
I have tried to find out the answers to these questions from the gardening section in the local library but I've not had much luck. Please exscuse me if they seem obvious
I thought I might as well ask them all at once........
After they've sprouted, do you plant them straight outside in the soil or grow them on in pots in the greenhouse for a bit?
And, and I know this sounds daft, but is the sprout that emerges first the roots or the top? i.e. which way up do I plant the sprouted seed.
If it's the top, should the seed be planted with the sprouty bit under the soil or above it?
Also when they do go outside, are they supposed to be in a tunnel or under fleece or a cloche, etc. or do they go in open ground?
Thank you very much.
Red x
P.S. what varieties would anyone recommend for starting in winter?Comment
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if you mean by sprout the white wormy bit, thats the root, so that bit gets planted down, in fact cover the whole thing and the shoot will push through the soil.
start them in pots, and then it depends, some people put them out, some people keep them in the pots until spring, depends on your winters, not just the cold, but the wind.
a cloche will keep any birds off, and protect from the wind, watch for slugs though.Vive Le Revolution!!!'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
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Wow, that was quick! Thank you BrideXIII
Didn't think there would be anyone else up at this time in the wee hours.
Are you by chance a fellow insomniac?
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One other thing that I posted elsewhere but forgot to put on this thread when I remembered it, was that when I planted my half sprouted seeds at the weekend, I also covered the drill with some holly branches pushed into the soil to help deter the micies too. I did this last winter and it did seem to help with unsprouted seeds.Comment
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Planted mine in the ground but covered one row with a plastic tunnel cloche and the other row with a net cover ( tight net ) not managed to go back yet to see how they are doing.Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
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I always go for sowing indoors them transplant them out side it is really what best suits youComment
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I too would be interested to hear when people plant them out if they start them in modules / pots rather than sowing them direct (pre-sprouted or not). I recently sowed a bunch of peas and bbeans in rootrainers and am trying to decide whether to plant them out as soon as they are large enough to withstand slugs or whether to wait until the ground warms up a little bit in the early spring next year. I'm leaning towards leaving it until spring cos I am starting to feel like there's not much gardening weather left this year!!
(Just spent 3 hours digging, and planting spring bulbs, and sowing garlic, and would like to think that's more or less the lot for this year, apart from popping along to pick kale and look things over once in a while!)Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.
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