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  • Too late for peas?

    Urrrrggh, I have NO idea what to do about my peas ...

    At the end of June I sowed four Ambassador peas in one of the squares in my square foot box. As I'm totally new to growing stuff, never done it before, I didn't even research what varieties would be suitable ... I just, erm, picked up a packet of pea seeds at the garden centre and went with 'em. *blush*

    So, into the square foot they went on 27 June, and now only two have come up. (There's a bird protection cage on top so the birds didn't steal them.) I'm not really sure how high these little pea plants should be a month later, but they're only about four inches or so, very straggly, and only two out of the four of them survived. It's been a horribly wet month here, and pretty cold too, and I wonder if that's affected the growth rate.

    So basically I'm wondering whether to:

    a) persevere with this two piddly little pea plants that are growing very slowly and just let them get on with it

    b) let them get on with it but plant some more pea seeds tonight in toilet rolls and then plant out in the same square when they've established, or

    c) just rip them out and put something else in that square, and just wait till next year to attempt peas earlier in the year and more of them?

    If anyone's got any ideas for me, I'd be ever so grateful to hear it!

    Many thanks,
    C
    Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
    www.croila.net - "Human beans"

  • #2
    I would say option b

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    • #3
      You can sow peas now for an autumn crop - very good too.
      There are 2 types of peas - smooth and wrinkled.
      For sowing now, you want a wrinkled one.! Get a dwarf one too if you doing SFG as it's easier, IMHO!
      Last edited by Patchninja; 26-07-2010, 03:20 PM.

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      • #4
        what do you mean by "wrinkly" peas? thanks
        The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

        - Alfred Austin

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        • #5
          If anyone could recommend a specific variety, that would be brilliant! :-D
          Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
          www.croila.net - "Human beans"

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          • #6
            Hello - I've just sown into root trainers some 'Douce Provence' from Marshalls, hoping for a September/October crop from them (as the birds won on my summer crop trial and I only got a few pods!). But they are a round, not wrinkly seed (and the packet does only say sow til July).
            Last edited by LolaLou; 27-07-2010, 11:15 AM.

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            • #7
              I thought you needed smooth peas for winter and late/early, not wrinkled

              Meteor is one.
              "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

              Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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              • #8
                That would make sense, the packet also says that the 'Douce Provence' seeds can be overwintered if sown in October and also stuck in as an early sowing in Feb (erm, actually, I think the 'packet' is a worded slightly different to 'stuck' in!!).

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                • #9
                  According to my Vegetable Expert book, it's the wrinklies you want for an autumn crop. He suggests Kelvedon Wonder and Pioneer.

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                  • #10
                    yes kelvedon wonder sowed some last week

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                    • #11
                      Thank you all so much for your replies! I think I might try Kelvedon Wonder. I think I'll have to buy the seeds online though. I've banned myself from our local garden centres until my bank account recovers from my recent visits! ;-)
                      Diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
                      www.croila.net - "Human beans"

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Patchninja View Post
                        According to my Vegetable Expert book, it's the wrinklies you want for an autumn crop. He suggests Kelvedon Wonder and Pioneer.
                        Yes, I've just had a look in the same book, you shouldn't sow your smooth peas until late autumn apparently or early spring.
                        "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                        Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                        • #13
                          What do you define as 'late autumn' please?

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                          • #14
                            So just to clear it up for me.....what pea varieties are suitable for over wintering?

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                            • #15
                              Newspuds, my understanding of the seasons is that late Autumn is November.
                              History teaches us that history teaches us nothing. - Hegel

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