Anyone had pea germination problems

[Two_Sheds]

must remember not to be such a tight wad

Save your own pea seed

[Bramble_killer]

I always find it difficult to germinate peas and beans I'm learning slowly

[jacob marley]

I shall be trying for the third time this weekend i am having a struggle this year everything else growing but Peas are a nono this year..jacob

[Polly Fouracre]

Put damp compost in a large freezer bag, put in a couple of handsful peas or beans, tie the top of the bag and put in a warm place. Inspect daily until you see small tap-roots. Take out the germinated peas and plant, into the ground if warm enough, or into pots. Put the bag back into the airing cupbord and inspect daily etc.
Not my cunning plan but one by a chap who wrote a book about gardening on a Welsh allotment.(Terry Wilson)

[cupcake]

No problems this year. Started sugarsnap and mangetout in toilet roll inners in the GH but direct sown have germinated as well. And the dried peas from morrisons have germinated 100% which I am using for peashoots in containers.

[Jimmy]

People seem to have had varying results.

When I resowed mine I put a plastic ring cloche over each row.
To early to tell yet.
Also It's not rained properly here in Preston for a long time.
Probably a official drought soon.

I put some french beans in a length of old guttering a few weeks ago and left them on th GH bench. Nearly 100% germinated.
I have a ring cloche warming some ground ready to slide them in, soon.


Jimmy

[bobbin]

Add my name to the "non sprouting" list Jimmy, 3 weeks ago planted peas and not a sausage.Replanted 2 days ago. I am in Sussex (and me a Geordie) so would expect ground not too cold now. Even the ones I planted in modules for salad pea shoots failed. Though to be fair I only used steepy peas for those so could be the reason.

[GlenAmple]

Just sown mine into a large pot, outside, at the beginning of the week so too early to tell. Mine are Hurst Green Shaft and I'm in Scotland.

[Alison]

Not sowed any direct so far this year but have got very good germination with guttering down Pilot (saved seeds from last year) and Telephone (new seeds), both of which are now planted out and climbing nicely. The Serpette Guilloteau weren't quite as good but the seed was pretty old (about 4 years?) and still good enough to make a reasonable row. Also more or less 100% germination from guttering sold saved seed of Golden Sweet mange tout and Poppet, Gladstone and Panthers in root trainers (only a handful of each) as well as Norli mange tout in modules. The earliest of these were sown in the conservatory under a plastic cover which was removed as soon as they germinated and then taken out to the cold greenhouse. The more recent ones were just sown in the greenhouse. I NEVER chit peas as I don't think you need to but am careful not to overwater as they will rot. Will probably be direct sowing some purple podded this weekend and possibly another row of golden sweet.

[NewbieGardenerRow]

I put about 20 in a tray in the mini greenhouse on 11th April.I didn't do anything like damp paper towel I just stuck them straight in the trays with some clingfilm over the top. I have 6 that have come up so far.... whereas the ones I planted direct in the garden last year did so much better,I think pretty much 90% came up.
I'm still a newbie though so I'm testing things out and giving it a go...and keeping notes!
This cold weather has put me off putting much in the garden direct and the rain and hail is stopping me from getting it ready to be planted anyway. If it does improve I'm going to sow some direct.
They had loads in the greenhouse at Clumber Park last weekend. I was sooooo tempted to pinch and eat one
Good luck with your peas.

[sheena]

I've sown a 6 peas to each pot and popped them in the prop and they are about 7" tall.
Note to self - Move to growing pot asap!

I also sowed some directly to their growing pot a few weeks ago and they have just started to poke out of the surface. They not in a greenhouse (it's full) and exposed to the elements and so far so good.

They were watered when planted and then every 3 days to prevent seed rot.

[Buleste]

This is my first year growing peas so I don't know what's a good or bad year but I know that it took over 4 weeks for some of them to germinate and I've probably got maybe 1/3rd of the peas I've sown to sprout. I'm going to plant some more soon.