[iwantanallotment]

Boring & old hat to most of you, I know - but...........
Today I found a flower on my peas!
(Feltham First)
A beautiful, delicate, white pansy-type flower.
And one day she'll grow into a real pea  :cheers:
I rang all my relatives to tell them  

 :flower:  :flower:  :flower:  :flower:

[franmeerkat]

Nice one!  

[fibilou]

some of mine are flowering too  

[Big Jen]

How exciting- mine are only an inch high :!:

[peapod]

Its great isnt it!

Last year I was telling all my mates when I grew mine for the first time, they looked at me like a lunatic (which is a fair assessment somedays :-) )

[cawdor2001]

how many peas (area) are you guys growing as i reckon i have not lanted anywhere near enough to make it worthwhile as you don't get a lot off a pea plant.


Cawdor

[peapod]

on my bed on the community garden Im growing about 120 plants
but when i get the lotty this weekend Im going to cram in as many as I can all month while Ive still got time!!

[DD.]

how many peas (area) are you guys growing as i reckon i have not lanted anywhere near enough to make it worthwhile as you don't get a lot off a pea plant.


Cawdor

They reckon about 1lb of peas per foot of row, that's with about 15 peas spaced evenly in that foot.

[Alex 98]

I reckon peas are the best veg in the world, can't get enough of them.

And Broad beans

Hoping mine will be cropping the weekend after next

Having a pea growing comp in the office, I'm winning!

Alex 98

[love-my-plot]

My mangetout are flowering and some tiny pods are developing  

[iwantanallotment]

wow........isn't it exciting?
I found a 2nd flower today on my peas....but contained myself. Just!
Esp when I read others have sown 80, 150 etc....and I've sown
(shhhhhhh) eight

[love-my-plot]

   

Yes, it's exciting, I love seeing them come from seed to this. I plucked off a couple of bigger pods today and munched them ... and couldn't stop grinning at the thoughts of all the rest to come  

I'm only growing a few as well, just in the garden, none at the lotty .... but may stick a few more in now as they've come on really fast.

[iwantanallotment]

They reckon about 1lb of peas per foot of row

So what's that equate to for 8 plants, DD?

[love-my-plot]

Just over half a pound    

[iwantanallotment]

   

Yes, it's exciting, I love seeing them come from seed to this.

You hit the nail on the head, L-M-P..........it IS all about getting what you can from seed, watching them develop etc.
I picked 4 of my Sutton Dwarfs yesterday.....none of em above 2", but I cooked them and had them for lunch. And felt good all day about that!
Don't expect any obesity from my pea crop, unless I'm heavy with the butter    Dreading to hear what few oz to expect!