peas & poles

[lmayhow]

I am setting up poles for my peas (kelvedon wonder) which are sat in my cold frame ready to plant. I read here and there about pea sticks, twiggy sticks snd netting. Saw a post on here (i think) from years ago about poles and twine. How heavy duty do I need for just one zig zag row of peas. The poles are 30cm intervales and twine I have placed is a fabric type not plastic. I have read of a few horror stories trying to get netting back down if used.

Do you think this will hold?



Thank you

[roitelet]

Peas won't climb on pols as they are tendril climbers. I use square mesh wire netting which will last several years. You could use the string you have to make a sort of mesh for them to climb or just string lengths horizontally between the poles about 4ins apart.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Don't forget KW only grow to a height of about 2Ft

[Thelma Sanders]

I use cane with strings tied along the row, just as you have done, but on both sides of the row, so they can't fall over.

[lmayhow]

Thank you for replies, Thelma just to check one row of peas with then two rows of sticks/string either side. How far apart do you place the two rows of poles from each other please ie gap for peas to grow....

[Thelma Sanders]

Depends on how wide your pea sowing/planting trench was. I sow in a zig zag in a 6ins wide trench, so my canes are about 10ins apart across the row, but probably about 3 ft apart along the rows.
This shows broad beans, but it is how I do my pea strings.