Tweet
Obviously not pea seeds.
I have made numerous sowings over May but none have appeared.
New seeds and protected against mice.
Jimmy
I have made numerous sowings over May but none have appeared.
New seeds and protected against mice.
Jimmy
-
Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated! -
Well, you have a mammy pea and a daddy pea who love each other very much....
Or probably just the mammy pea who has figured out how to do away with the daddy pea.
New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle
�I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
― Thomas A. Edison
�Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
― Thomas A. Edison
- I must be a Nutter,VC says so - -
Give them time probably too cold at night yet for them to sprout, I sowed mine at the end of April and they are just starting to show, if you are unsure of them put a sheet of kitchen roll onto a saucer and dampen it then add some peas, personally I fold the damp paper over the top of them then leave it where it won't dry out, i.e.,inside away from direct heat or sunlight, the following day check to see if they have or are starting to sprout, recognisable by a prominent raised or protruding white bit on the pea, then plant as requiredLast edited by rary; 21-05-2019, 06:20 AM.it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers
Comment
-
I always chit my peas as Rary describes before sowing - if nothing-else it cuts down on losses because the peas are at their most vulnerable when first sown - in my case I often sow old seed so it also allows me to check whether the seed will still germinate or not.Comment
-
I have my usual sown in the tunnel then planted out Peas. That are out and doing well. Also I've direct sown peas for the first time ever this year. They're starting to come up. No help to you at all, just thought I'd share
Comment
-
I chitted my peas then sown them in guttering I lost one gutter because I over watered
Location....East Midlands.Comment
-
One tip if you sow in gutters is to put some string in along the bottom of the gutter first - then when the plants are ready to go out its easy to pull the whole length in to its trench in one movement.Comment
-
Nick I dig a trench then tip the whole lot sideways into it, that way seems to work better for me.Location....East Midlands.Comment
-
Sounds like a plan - I'd probably end up with mine upside down if I tried it that way :-)Originally posted by Bren In Pots View PostComment
-
What about the Birds?Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
Its all about the Birds and the Peas.
I dig a little slit trench, water into the slit, drop a load of peas in the slit, cover it over and walk away.
It worked last year - there's a pea growing where I sowed them. I've only had to wait a year for germination.
.
Comment
-
For me the problem is not a failure to germinate but that the plants get to about 15cm and then get decimated by the pigeons. I hate those pigeons.Comment
-
I just usually sow, about 12 to a foot (pea seeds not just inches) and cover loosely with netting of some sort to keep the meeces and birds off as much as poss.
If they're 'special' or only have a few to try, then I cut the sides off of milk bottles to make 'mini gutters' that fit 4 to a blue mushroom box. Still sow at about the same rate, just grow in the greenhouse 'til they're up enough to plant out.
Alderman and greenshaft are up and growing on the plot already - the Amish Snap are ready for planting out now.
Super Sugarsnaps still to sow when I've cleared some space for them. Ooops!Comment
-
Little boast - some pods on my Alderman peas in the PT, hopefully just starting to plump out :-)
( It always amuses me to pick peas from over my head height for some reason )Comment
-
Those are exactly the words that were in my head when I read that thread title...Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
Comment
-
I sowed hurst greenshaft in pots and later on kelvedon wonder direct (or possibly the other way round - whichever one is supposed to be the earlier I sowed first...). The HG's really struggled as they went out just before the cold snap, until I built them a wind-break out of poop. Heh.
The KW came up fine.
Mind you, the peas, sweet peas, broad beans are ALL being absolutely hammered by pea and bean weevil. Unbelievable. I read articles saying, "doesn't usually affect growth" as I look at my serrated stubs in the ground... I net against the sparrows, which will decimate the young seedlings where we are, until they're well established.
My main gripe, though, is why they heck don't peas actually climb?!?! I give them good support, plant on the side away from the sun, in the hope they're more likely to grow through the mesh, and I still end up tying them up to the mesh with string. Bah.Comment
Comment