No show peas (Again)

[Marb67]

Well here I go again. Early onward peas sown into cardboard toilet roll tubes in moist (not waterlogged) compost on 17th Feb in a cold greenhouse. Still no show. Some dry, some like they have half rotted. For the life of me I just cannot get peas to come up. What are the exact conditions because I just can't get it right. Whenever I water them they just rot. I can get sprouting peas and pulses to eat very successfully in my kitchen sprouter but not in pots.

[Snoop Puss]

Might you just have mentioned the solution to your problem? Germinate them in your sprouter and then plant out?

The answer as to why the ones in your greenhouse haven't germinated could be to do with temperature. How cold does it get in there at night?

[Thelma Sanders]

It's still too cold for them to germinate outside, being very cold still at night.
I started some indoors last week and then moved them out to the greenhouse when about an inch tall.

I water seed trays and let them drain off, when sown, and not again 'til I can see them, and even then only sparingly.

[Bren In Pots]

Might you just have mentioned the solution to your problem? Germinate them in your sprouter and then plant out?

I do the same thing pre-chitting my peas then plant them into guttering. it works for me.

[Guest]

How many times have you watered? and what are the tubes sitting in. Rotting off is a sign of too much water. The longer germination time of a cold greenhouse won't help either. Pre-chitting sounds a good option seeing as you are already doing it.

[veggiechicken]

Start them in cotton wool! Its working for me

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ml#post1517681

[Potstubsdustbins]

I'll start my peas next week, chitted first as always.

[Alison]

Too cold in my greenhouse yet, I'm germinating in guttering in my cool conservatory then they grow on ok in the greenhouse.

[CaptainBurrito]

I start them inside a heated room. It is too cold in my unheated rooms! They'll get a shock when i put them outside. lol

[mothhawk]

I always chit mine, sweet peas too, it's the only way I can get them to grow, which makes me wonder if they start into growth better in the light

I also soak the wrinkled ones for a couple of hours until they are plump and smooth.

[Marb67]

Well here I go again for the 3rd year trying to get peas to grow. I sowed some "Early Onward" on the 8th March and still no show. Dug down into the pots and peas feel a bit slimy but a tiny shoot has started but feel like they will break in two halves if I put pressure on. The compost was NOT wet when I sowed, just normal moisture. I lay a bubble wrap sheet over the top of the pots to stop them drying out (some have though) in a cold greenhouse. So for the life of me I do not understand why they have got to the state where they are almost rotting.

I will try in my sprouting jar but I have a feeling it's perhaps too late for Early Onward now

[roitelet]

Had the same problem, bought some new seed and hey presto they grew. Are your seeds old? Mine were.

[Marb67]

I think a year out of date but I have heard stories of peas growing from seeds decades old (Victorian Kitchen Garden)

[Snoop Puss]

Umm, not sure if this is right, but my impression from beans is that legumes do split in half eventually when germinating. So maybe they're on their way, Marb.

[bikermike]

I feel your pain, I have tried several times to get them going in the greenhouse to no luck. I just plant mine out direct now (a bit later in the year)