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Urrrrggh, I have NO idea what to do about my peas ...
At the end of June I sowed four Ambassador peas in one of the squares in my square foot box. As I'm totally new to growing stuff, never done it before, I didn't even research what varieties would be suitable ... I just, erm, picked up a packet of pea seeds at the garden centre and went with 'em. *blush*
So, into the square foot they went on 27 June, and now only two have come up. (There's a bird protection cage on top so the birds didn't steal them.) I'm not really sure how high these little pea plants should be a month later, but they're only about four inches or so, very straggly, and only two out of the four of them survived. It's been a horribly wet month here, and pretty cold too, and I wonder if that's affected the growth rate.
So basically I'm wondering whether to:
a) persevere with this two piddly little pea plants that are growing very slowly and just let them get on with it
b) let them get on with it but plant some more pea seeds tonight in toilet rolls and then plant out in the same square when they've established, or
c) just rip them out and put something else in that square, and just wait till next year to attempt peas earlier in the year and more of them?
If anyone's got any ideas for me, I'd be ever so grateful to hear it!
Many thanks,
C
At the end of June I sowed four Ambassador peas in one of the squares in my square foot box. As I'm totally new to growing stuff, never done it before, I didn't even research what varieties would be suitable ... I just, erm, picked up a packet of pea seeds at the garden centre and went with 'em. *blush*
So, into the square foot they went on 27 June, and now only two have come up. (There's a bird protection cage on top so the birds didn't steal them.) I'm not really sure how high these little pea plants should be a month later, but they're only about four inches or so, very straggly, and only two out of the four of them survived. It's been a horribly wet month here, and pretty cold too, and I wonder if that's affected the growth rate.
So basically I'm wondering whether to:
a) persevere with this two piddly little pea plants that are growing very slowly and just let them get on with it
b) let them get on with it but plant some more pea seeds tonight in toilet rolls and then plant out in the same square when they've established, or
c) just rip them out and put something else in that square, and just wait till next year to attempt peas earlier in the year and more of them?
If anyone's got any ideas for me, I'd be ever so grateful to hear it!
Many thanks,
C
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