Tall pea plants

[nickdub]

I haven't bothered trying to grow peas for a while, due mainly to the deer and other animals around in the garden which also like them :-(. However this year, inspired to do a bit more gardening again, mostly by the new poly-tunnel, I bought some Alderman pea seeds. I think I like tall plants because you seem to be getting more for your money somehow.

Anyway I started fairly early and most of them have been out in the garden now for 6+ weeks currently around 4' high, however I had some in a deep tray in the tunnel which I didn't get round to planting out. Some of these are about 2m tall and still growing, having just started to flower.

So has anyone grown any 2.5 m high peas ?

[Scarlet]

I used to grow the variety telephone - I think Bren in pots does too but I have trouble with pea moth every year so I just stilck to peashoots now for salad

[Bren In Pots]

Ive been growing telephone for a few years now saving the seed each year. They get covered with debris netting before they flower and up to yet I haven't had a problem with pea moth. They seem to have a long harvest time so long as you keep on picking more grow back rather like sweet peas do.

[nickdub]

Ive been growing telephone for a few years now saving the seed each year. They get covered with debris netting before they flower and up to yet I haven't had a problem with pea moth. They seem to have a long harvest time so long as you keep on picking more grow back rather like sweet peas do.

I believe the long harvesting times with more pods being produced sequentially was one of the things which encouraged farmers to grow shorter types originally. When you're faced with harvesting a field full of peas with some sort of mechanical device you really need all the pods to be ready on every plant as close to the same time as possible and the shorter peas did this, as well as being easier to get at of course.

I don't think I'll have any problem with moths for a while what ever I do, as I'm miles out in the country and I'm reasonably sure there are no other gardeners growing peas in my vicinity.

[happyhumph]

My main crop of peas is always tall now, plus tall mangetout and bijou sugarsnap. I grow a few short ones as they come earlier but it's the long cropping and less ground taken up that I look like.

Have had them over 6 feet!