Peas in Guttering

[Flummery]

I would give them a week or two of outside in the day and in at night to get them used to the shock of the big wide world.

[lottielady]

Thankyou hopefully we will have nice fresh peas if they make it home!!!

[bobbin]

I tried it last year. I didn't make holes, just put the thing on a very slight incline and the spare water drained. oHwever, I found it a bit of a faff getting them out. The ones I sowed earlier in modules and yog pots were far easier to handle.

I have been trying to work this one out after asking for anyones knowledge of AGRETTI seeds. Just realised it wasnt answering my query no wonder I was confused

[bobbin]

Here ya go: Seeds of Italy - AGRETTI / ROSCANO /BARBA DI FRATE

Many thanks for your help crichmond. I will look out for those

[Norm]

I tried growing peas in guttering a few years ago, but I won't be doing it again. I nearly fell off the roof harvesting them

[SarzWix]

I was always under the impression that peas liked a long root run, like beans & sweetpeas Surely guttering isn't deep enough to give a long root? I'm going to be sowing mine in root-trainers for the first time this year, after getting fed up with the weird fungus growing on the loo-roll inners for the last 2 years...

[TonyF]

The peas and beans I have in Roottrainers are romping away Sara, bestest things ever invented for starting peas, beans and sweet peas.

[moggssue]

Thanks folks! Think I'll go for no holes and crossed fingers! Wish me luck ... and the same back at y'all!!

[gojiberry]

I grow in guttering, what I did was gut the guttering to fit a standard seed tray and put two pieces in a tray. The tray then stops the compost falling out the end. I also found the length easy to slide the peas out when transplanting. You dont need a great deal of compost to start peas off and I think it is a bit of a waste of use to use root trainers. ( will be needing them for beans soon).

[moggssue]

Hmm, I like that idea Gojoberry! I was thinking of leaving the lengths of guttering quite long, so there were less ends to cover, but then I guess they'd be more difficult to get into the ground later.