peas supports

[the big lebowski]

hi all,was in wilko`s the other day and bought what i thought were climbing beans but when i got home i discovered they were "early on " peas and "dwarf french beans" i am still going to give them a try but am not sure what sort of supports they need ,any ideas ? chhers

[Penellype]

Dwarf beans don't need much support, but peas do. I've tried the standard pea netting and found it completely hopeless. I find this sort of arrangement works well:



The netting is the stiff sort you can buy at garden centres and I have secured it to broom handles with cable ties. The lower row in front was Meteor and the peas grew far too tall for that support and fell over, whereas the back row (Hurst Green Shaft) were fine.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I grow my peas in containers and being idle just have netting round the outside with strings across the front. A little messy but works OK

[Jungle Jane]

I use bamboo & zig zagged string for my peas. Works well & cheap too! The plants have little hands that hold onto the string,like pincers,they don't self climb like runner beans. Guard from snails!!

[Guest]

Twiggy prunings here shove them in the ground to give the plants something to scramble over

[muddled]

I've put my black/red currant prunings in as pea sticks this year.
The peas will need additional support when they really get going but I'm hoping that some of the prunings will take and then be nourished when I chop and drop the peas after harvest.

[Zelenina]

The full name of your peas is probably Early Onward which are stocked by Wilko
Wilko Seeds Pea Early Onwards at wilko.com

It's a good old fashioned variety from my childhood that I seem to remember as not growing very tall. The Wilko's site doesn't say anything about the height, so I checked some other seed sites and they all said that it only grows 60cm or 2 feet tall, and doesn't need very much support.

[the big lebowski]

thanks everyone for your replys thats given me plenty to think about,i`ll keep you posted,cheers