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Last night I read an article in our local newspaper which stated that peas can be sown now for overwintering. What variety would be most suitable for this??
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Early Onward are the ones I use. Or Kelvedon Wonder.
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Feltham First I used over winter and had a cracking early crop from them.Hayley B
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Will they need protection ie fleece???Comment
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They need to be a round seeded variety not a wrinkle seeded!
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So do you sow direct now or keep in modules over winter?Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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I sowed a row 1-2 weeks ago directly into the ground and they're coming up already. I won't keep them for the spring though, I'll eat them as pea shoots over the coming month. The seeds are the ones left on the summer mange touts that got missed, I just shelled and popped straight into another trench! Experimental!Comment
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i've got some called Caractacus - they are climbers but they are round and not wrinkled - anybody think they might work?Comment
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Metoer is another autumn sown variety. I trialed some last year, they did ok but I wish I had sown more.Comment
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Deuce De Provence did well for me last year and I'm going to grow them again. I sowed them in a small raised bed that I normally use for summer salads and chucked a fleece over them overnight when the weather forecast said it was going to be particularly cold (which was actually quite often last winter). The crop wasn't huge, but they were quite nicely flavoured and the main reason for growing them was to get some legumes into a bed which never normally has them, so any actual crop was a bonus. I have 3 of these salad beds, so I'm going to rotate the peas round them over 3 years.Last edited by bluemoon; 26-09-2009, 09:07 PM.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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Thats what I tried last winter and also wished I had sown more, I put mine under a cloche but that made it harder to make a support for them so they got a bit tangled up. Might try again.Originally posted by Herbie View PostGardening ..... begins with daybreak
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I'm trying Feltham First this year. Actually I'm sowing them tomorrow along with some broad beans and garlic
It's my first year at having a stab at having things in the ground all year round, yay!
Do they need protection when the shoots have come up or willl they be okay in the frosts etc over winter?Shortie
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could have sworn that read 'sowing pears now'!
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