Mange tout advice

[giley69]

Hello all

put some mange tout plugs in on Sunday and just popped up there to water to find that they have all flopped over. Should I have use pea sticks? And if so, should I tie them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

many thanks
giley

[Flummery]

I grow Oregon Sugar Pod which grows to 4 - 5 ft and Goldensweet which can top 6 ft - so yes, I'd have put some support in. Do you know which variety you've grown? there might be a low grower but I still always support peas, even dwarf ones.

[Two_Sheds]

You need to get peas off the ground, otherwise the slugs will scoff them.

Even dwarf ones (like Feltham first) need some twiggy sticks to cling to.

[giley69]

The garden centre told me that they are a normal variety & not dwarf!

I do have some bamboo canes in the shed which I can use - although I seem to remember that I planted them quite closely together in short rows.....

Let's hope that the slugs haven't eaten them before I can get up there later...........

[Two_Sheds]

The garden centre told me that they are a normal variety & not dwarf!.

well then they definitely need some support.
Canes are no good ... you need pea & bean netting or chicken wire.

[giley69]

well then they definitely need some support.
Canes are no good ... you need pea & bean netting or chicken wire.

Thanks Two Sheds -

I do have some of that green netting - what time of support do you suggest using the netting? From what I can remember, I have 3 rows of 4 plants & they are quite close together... around 10-15cm apart (as per the instructions)

[Two_Sheds]

Sorry, but I can't recommend the netting ... it's too floppy and rubbish.

Get some chicken wire, it's not expensive.
Shove a cane in both ends of a length (mine is 12 foot long to fit my bed), and then canes every 3 foot or so. Weave the canes through the holes in the wire.
The canes will hold up the wire, the wire will hold up the peas.

[giley69]

Sorry, but I can't recommend the netting ... it's too floppy and rubbish.

Get some chicken wire, it's not expensive.
Shove a cane in both ends of a length (mine is 12 foot long to fit my bed), and then canes every 3 foot or so. Weave the canes through the holes in the wire.
The canes will hold up the wire, the wire will hold up the peas.

OK, many thanks... I will give this a go! I don't think I will have time tonight to do this so I may just pop up there and use some pea sticks until Sunday, when I will have more time.

Thanks so much for your help and advice

Giley