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  • #16
    Grid - when did you harvest the first tomatoes from those sowing days? And where are you?

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    • #17
      I will make a note to get going on Dec 27th

      Got itchy palms already - it's only november

      janeyo

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      • #18
        Calm down dear...let the bad weather blow all the cobwebs away whilst you plan the sowing of your tender crops.

        I'm sowing a pea top pot this weekend - a pot of peas all sown really close together - just to use the pea tips in salads/rice dishes etc. Well, I will once i brave the outside and get a pot and some compost sorted out.
        Last edited by zazen999; 21-11-2008, 08:26 PM.

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        • #19
          How much do the peas grow before being used?
          Just wondering as I quite fancy that too! Instructins please!
          (Also, I wonder if you can do them in a sprouter if you just want shoots??)
          Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
            Calm down dear...let the bad weather blow all the cobwebs away whilst you plan the sowing of your tender crops.

            I'm sowing a pea top pot this weekend - a pot of peas all sown really close together - just to use the pea tips in salads/rice dishes etc. Well, I will once i brave the outside and get a pot and some compost sorted out.
            this is the indoor thingy yes?

            harvest 2-3 times and done?

            how do you plant to keep it going through winter, progressive planting?
            Vive Le Revolution!!!
            'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
            Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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            • #21
              Pea Shoots

              Plant the peas anytime you like - shoulder to shoulder in a pot. Keep them on the windowsill. Cut the shoots to use in salad etc - they taste just like fresh peas. The shoots can be cut 2 or 3 times before giving in.
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              From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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              • #22
                Zazen, Bride, all interested parties - can we firm something up for starting the early plantings and comparing notes. Just up my street. Feel free to PM.

                From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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                • #23
                  Thanks Alice
                  I'll give it a go!
                  Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Alice View Post
                    Plant the peas anytime you like - shoulder to shoulder in a pot. Keep them on the windowsill. Cut the shoots to use in salad etc - they taste just like fresh peas. The shoots can be cut 2 or 3 times before giving in.
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                    yep saw that, thats why i wonddered about progressive planting? 2 -3 times is not a lot over winter?
                    Vive Le Revolution!!!
                    'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
                    Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Alice View Post
                      Zazen, Bride, all interested parties - can we firm something up for starting the early plantings and comparing notes. Just up my street. Feel free to PM.
                      Zazen is going to post nearer the time, i think if we can get seahorse to sticky it that would be best, either way , i assume it will be:
                      post in the thread,
                      type, date of planting
                      progress

                      but it's down to zazen, she is the babe with the pokey stick.

                      seems the best start date is going to be 27th dec.
                      Vive Le Revolution!!!
                      'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
                      Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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                      • #26
                        Yup, I'll start a thread on the day, one for toms and one for onions/alliums - just check in here on the day and add your info/piccies/varieties etc - and add to it as we all go.

                        It will be interesting to see varieties and locations, and who gets the first crops of toms in May/June time. Meta-research across the country. Great stuff!

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                        • #27
                          The only way I could get decent (non-leggy) plants from a pre-March sowing here is by heating the greenhouse. I don't think the cost is worth it for a few very early un-flavoursome fruits.
                          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                            Grid - when did you harvest the first tomatoes from those sowing days? And where are you?
                            year before last, may 1 with this method

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                            • #29
                              Where are you located Grid Gardener. You can enter it in your personal profile and it will show in your posts.

                              From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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                              • #30
                                Demeter,

                                I confess, I sprouted all my peas, beans, etc., people said to do for winter planting on damp paper in one of those multi-tier mung bean sprouter things, just cos it seemed logical and I already had it, worked a treat........

                                Didn't do the rinsing bit, cos I wasn't doing it to eat them, wish I had now - if i'd known I could, i'd have left all the 'extras' that sprouted and used them in meals.

                                Nothing like multi-tasking

                                Red x

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