Peas

[BoneDoctor]

I have read in other posts about people sowing peas in guttering and wondered if someone could explain what it is? Would it be suitable for sugar snap and mangetout?

Thanks
BD

[poultrychat]

I don't know anything about the variety but I used cut off lengths of guttering to sow cabbages last year, simply cut to fit the size of my staging, filled them with compost, not getting too much near the ends, watered it well and planted seeds, it made it really easy at planting time

[andrewo]

You can plant peas under glass in gutters, earlier in the year and then make a shallow trench and slide the gutter plants out into it. It's just away to get ahead and can be done on a number of crops including lettuce.

[sewer rat]

Hi BoneDoctor
I've planted out my first length of peas sown in gettering and have two more sown in the greenhouse awaiting germination. As Andrewo says, its a way to get ahead, and it also makes them dead easy to plant - just use your hoe to make a drill in your chosen site or bed, then, after watering well, the compost complete with young pea plants just slides down the guttering into place. No root disturbance at all. I cut my guttering to fit the width of my beds - 4 ft - and left about 4" at each end of the guttering without compost. I did however, firm up the compost at each end so that it was less likely to wash away when watered. Hope this helps

[Jaxom]

To fix the ends of the guttering, scrunch up some newspaper and stick it down with gaffer tape. This will stop everything spilling out the ends. It is also easy to remove the tape when it comes to planting and any newspaper that gets planted will rot down.
Jax