Growing lentils and chickpeas?

[Two_Sheds]

I have germinated my supermarket chickpeas on damp kitchen towel, and they sprouted within 2 days.
They are now potted up in loo rolls in the cold greenhouse

[Eyren]

Puy are the darker lentil which have the shape that I assume gives them the name - like a lens.

'Tother way around - lenses were so-called because they are lentil-shaped (Latin lens "lentil"). Makes sense really, since we humans were eating lentils long before we started making lenses

[Snadger]

So.......can you grow he yellow peas that make pease pudding?

[Seahorse]

I have germinated my supermarket chickpeas on damp kitchen towel, and they sprouted within 2 days.
They are now potted up in loo rolls in the cold greenhouse

Nice one T_S. Let us know how they get on please

[Eyren]

So.......can you grow he yellow peas that make pease pudding?

I assume they are the round type of peas (starchy), rather than the wrinkled ones that are sweet and nicer to eat fresh? I guess you'd want a yellow variety of those, though a quick Google didn't find anything on this side of the Atlantic...

[Two_Sheds]

So.......can you grow he yellow peas that make pease pudding?

Google and Wikipedia say it's Field Pea Pisum sativum arvense, as opposed to Garden Pea Pisum sativum

There are 4 types of Pisum sativum in cultivation today: a traditional old starchy variety called marrowfat peas (mushy peas are produced from them); the mangetout/sugar snap type; the garden pea; and petits pois, a miniature variety of the garden pea

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/alt-ag/fieldpea.htm

[MaureenHall]

I've got both lentils and chickpeas in the seed sprouter so I've just planted 3 of each into loo rolls Just want to see what they look like as plants really, and to show the grandchildren too

[Snadger]

I've got both lentils and chickpeas in the seed sprouter so I've just planted 3 of each into loo rolls Just want to see what they look like as plants really, and to show the grandchildren too

Chickpeas look like yellow split peas that haven't been de-husked and split!

[Rocketron]

Plants, Snadger, plants.

[Snadger]

Plants, Snadger, plants.

You've lost me there ron?

[Rocketron]

Chickpea plants don't look like yellow split peas.

[MaureenHall]

Chickpeas look like yellow split peas that haven't been de-husked and split!

I know what chickpeas look like, it's the chickpea plant that I'm interested in

[Two_Sheds]

Google images?

http://www.israel21c.org/Static/Bina...peas.big_0.JPG

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Snadger]

I know what chickpeas look like, it's the chickpea plant that I'm interested in

Sorry Maureen, just shooting off on my own little tangent!

After I asked about yellow split peas I went to google images and found a place that sell the split peas but also gave a picture of the peas before they were de husked and split.

All I was saying was that chickpeas LOOKED like the full split peas, with husk.........unsplit!

Sorry for the confusion to both you and rocketron!

[pinkle]

I have just ordered some lentil seeds because we eat a lot of them and now have an allotment. I hope I've done the right thing.
We have the easiest recipe ever which is boil lentils (.5 pack serves 2-3) with a stock cube and if wished curry powder (onion optional) when soft add noodles (1 nest per person). These take about 3-5 mins. Serve and top with Olive oil and lemon juice. (parmesan cheese is an option as well) and enjoy. This is a middle eastern recipe.
Pinkle
PS this is my first post on this site so hi everyone.