peas and mice

[dragline]

after reading a tip on protecting your peas on here i tryed it out after loosing my first atempt of setting peas to mice i did as said by soaking the peas overnight in parafin and setting out again but alas on checking the row new day again the mice had took 99% of the peas again so i am not saying it dont work for some but might for others but beware thanks for reading , dragline

[debjay]

We always start ours off in modules in the greenhouse, then put them in the cold frame before planting them outside

[Flummery]

I wouldn't like to eat peas from a seed that had been soaked in parrafin. Part of the point of growing my own is that they have had no chemical interference. I start them in modules, root trainers, seed trays - anything I have handy. They are said to resent root disturbance but I've never found that a problem. Then when you plant out you have a good looking, healthy plant at each station. THEN you have to watch out for the pigeons! Till the plants get a bit bigger.