temp query

[janeyo]

I soaked my peas on saturday - it was 18 degrees and sunny - with the pan to get them in the ground yesterday.

Yesterday it was torrential rain an then it snowed heavily for an hour - down to about +1 degree.

The peas have sprouted already. It's warmer today - about 7 - but is the soil now going to be too cold to put the peas in? (I have run out of loo rolls to put them in as a stop gap.)

If it was just a handful I'd scrap them, but I've 50 or so as they are going up the lottie....

Thoughts please?

[zazen999]

No, mine are already out. Just pop them in and throw a fleece or net over them.

[janeyo]

Cheers, that's just what I wanted to hear

[redser]

I follow an online diary by well known organic grower near me and she chits and then multi-sows peas and beans in pots to plant out later in clumps. So I guess if you ever did get stuck with very bad weather this could work for you. Photos and details down near the bottom of the page ...
The Polytunnel and Greenhouse - February 2012

It's a lovely diary, so well written.