What can I grow under my peas?

**womble** · 13-05-2009, 01:48 PM

I always find weeds do very well under mine

What about lettuce? The old standby. It gets a bit dark under my peas and cool, just what lettuce like.

**Nicos** · 13-05-2009, 01:49 PM

just what I was going to suggest womble!!

**HeyWayne** · 13-05-2009, 01:51 PM

Can't be doing with lettuce - too high maintenance for me. LadyWayne's not a big fan, and even less so of finding bugs in her food, so I don't grow it.

**Florence Fennel** · 13-05-2009, 01:52 PM

courgettes and train the plant into the light so that only the roots are in the dark. If I say this out loud enough times it will work and of course if I wear the red shoes.

**taff** · 13-05-2009, 02:40 PM

spinach, parsley?

**womble** · 13-05-2009, 02:56 PM

What about stuff like pak choi then? They supposedly like the same sort of conditions.

On other news, lettuce, high maintenance? Blimey

**HeyWayne** · 13-05-2009, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by womble View Post

On other news, lettuce, high maintenance? Blimey

Leafy veg for me just gets eaten - unless I'm camped out on guard.

**lainey lou** · 13-05-2009, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post

Can't be doing with lettuce - too high maintenance for me. LadyWayne's not a big fan, and even less so of finding bugs in her food, so I don't grow it.

How about hearting lettuces? you can always dispose of the yucky outside leaves, then separate the rest and give them a good soak in salt water before presenting them to the missus. Just a thought.

**Alison** · 13-05-2009, 05:02 PM

Courgettes could be good but the question I'm more interested in is why you've left such a big gap between your pea rows? Always grow mine a lot closer together than that and they seem to do fine.

**HeyWayne** · 13-05-2009, 06:08 PM

Originally posted by Alison View Post

Courgettes could be good but the question I'm more interested in is why you've left such a big gap between your pea rows? Always grow mine a lot closer together than that and they seem to do fine.

That's the width of the bed.

**scarey55** · 13-05-2009, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by Alison View Post

Courgettes could be good but the question I'm more interested in is why you've left such a big gap between your pea rows? Always grow mine a lot closer together than that and they seem to do fine.

Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post

That's the width of the bed.

Mine is the same as yours Wayne. I have 2 rows of peas climbing up netting and I have quite a big gap between them. I was thinking of salad "stuff" perhaps radishes, lettuce and now, thanks to Taff perhaps a bit of spinach.

Perhaps I'll try and grow them closer together next year - thanks Alison.

**RobintheBobin** · 13-05-2009, 09:29 PM

I've got beetroot and a leek seedbed at the bottom of my peas...mainly cos they were there first so got first dibs on the bulk of the space!

RtB
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**lynda66** · 13-05-2009, 10:09 PM

more peas

you could get loads between them

and you can never have too many peas

**HayleyB** · 13-05-2009, 10:13 PM

My Felthams have no room between the 2x2 rows except for a plank that I walk along trying to separate the b*ggers from 'interloping' and shooting off to Gretna

should have peas in about 1-2 weeks - yum.

Anyway, anything low will get smothered by those searching little vines they have (if you don't separate them from their prey on at least a daily basis). Courgettes will grow massive but maybe the peas will have done their bit by then. Maybe go down the fast growing brassy route - radishes, kohl rabis, brocolli raab blah de blah.

But then what do I know? In truth mate I'd wing it and see

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