Peas - round or wrinkled?

[Dorothy rouse]

Know what you mean, Thelma If I was a pea I'd be wrinkled and round

I am!


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[veggiechicken]

You am a pea

[Dorothy rouse]

You am a pea

Yeah, wrinkled and round!

Joking! Well not really


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[veggiechicken]

I've seen the photos - and you're definitely not a pea...........or wrinkled and round In fact, you looked very elegant

[Bigmallly]

We should name a pea after Dotty:
Pea Elegance - Not sure when it should be sown though...........

[veggiechicken]

Sounds more like something a lady would do discreetly behind a bush

[Bigmallly]

You're thinking of Pea - Elegantly...............a bit of a wild variety.

[veggiechicken]

..........now you mention it .............be right back

[Dorothy rouse]

Haha, that's made me smile, thank you both


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[Dorothy rouse]

Sounds more like something a lady would do discreetly behind a bush

I didn't see this comment! Ha


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[Thelma Sanders]

easier if you're a boy pea you have a useful application tool

[Dorothy rouse]

You're thinking of Pea - Elegantly...............a bit of a wild variety.

Maybe a 'mange tout' variety?


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[Two_Sheds]

I could never remember which were summer, which were winter sowers.

Now it's easy: suntans give you wrinkles, so the summer peas have the wrinkles

[Bren In Pots]

I could never remember which were summer, which were winter sowers.

Now it's easy: suntans give you wrinkles, so the summer peas have the wrinkles

Thanks TS, that's a nice easy way to remember.

[Snadger]

There's a simple reason why round in the autumn and wrinkled in the spring. Its to do with fungi!

Fungi and moulds will nestle in the folds of a wrinkle seeded pea and rot it, whereas fungi have nothing to grip onto a round seeded pea.

You can probably get away with the wrinkled seed in the spring because they will germinate quicker and fungi/moukds will not have time to do their damage.

Thats what I've always believed anyway!

Probably the same reason only a few varieties of broad bean are suitable for autumn sowing also?