Pea
Pisum sativum
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Sown: Early peas?
Having put our new greenhouse together I wanted to get something growing in it. I don’t want to heat it though – that doesn’t sit well with either my ecological or economical ideals! So I thought I would try and plant some peas in a trough along the back edge, with some pea nett...This entry is about Martian77's Pea 'Auvergne Improved' in the Greenhouse garden garden.
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Day 241
I think I sowed these too soon as the weather was cold. The area they were planted in also wasn’t the best soil, so although had a harvest, it was small and not very successful. Next year I will try and hold out from sowing until a bit later.This entry is about Marj Joly's Pea 'Avola' 1st sowing in the Allotment garden garden.
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Almost ready to climb the trellis.
This entry is about Nic's Pea 'Progress No. 9' in the Rooftop Terrace garden garden.
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These had managed to survive the first, light frosts even if they weren’t happy about it. But Sunday’s hard frost killed them.This entry is about Matangie's Fall Peas in the Little Garden on the Prairie garden garden.
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Harvesting: Harvesting and dying
These did not like the frost much. I pulled the few pea pods off the plants and left them in but I don’t have much hope that they’ll do anything.This entry is about Matangie's Fall Peas in the Little Garden on the Prairie garden garden.
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Ripening: Disappointing
My poor peas. I’m not entirely sure why, but they never grew very high – about 25cm tops, and they’re funny, straggly things. They had lots of water, but weren’t fed at all, and I did nothing to improve the soil before planting. I mulched them, but not until after theyR...
This entry is about Mezfank's Greenfeast Peas (1) in the Veggie garden garden.
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RABBITS have eaten my peas! Every plant that was more than 1/3" tall. BLAST!This entry is about Academama's peas in the sfb garden garden.
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Green peas, had to dig them in because something was eating the leaves off.
This entry is about Dover's Peas in the Vegetable garden garden.
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Peas in the square foot bed—I’m told they will probably make it even planted this late. We’ll see. They have sprouted well…that’s a pea plant in the pic!
This entry is about Academama's peas in the sfb garden garden.
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Planting Out: Peas
This entry is about Tonya's Purple podded pea in the Vegetable garden garden.
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