Where do peas come from?

[Jimmy]

Obviously not pea seeds.
I have made numerous sowings over May but none have appeared.
New seeds and protected against mice.
Jimmy

[Jay-ell]

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.

[rary]

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 required

[nickdub]

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.

[Small pumpkin]

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

[Bren In Pots]

I chitted my peas then sown them in guttering I lost one gutter because I over watered

[nickdub]

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.

[Bren In Pots]

Nick I dig a trench then tip the whole lot sideways into it, that way seems to work better for me.

[nickdub]

Nick I dig a trench then tip the whole lot sideways into it, that way seems to work better for me.

Sounds like a plan - I'd probably end up with mine upside down if I tried it that way :-)

[veggiechicken]

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.

What about the Birds?
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..

[Gman]

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.

[Thelma Sanders]

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!

[nickdub]

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 )

[1Bee]

Well, you have a mammy pea and a daddy pea who love each other very much....

Those are exactly the words that were in my head when I read that thread title...

[1Bee]

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.