[tallgingerbloke]

Hi, My peas (which I started in the greehouse in paper pots) started to grow ok in the allotment but have now stopped growing and are going pale.

I have been watering them but have not fed them.....could that be it? If so what should I feed them with?

I don't hold out that much hope for them and may start some others by sowing direct.

Any advice or experiences welcomed,

Many thanks
Tim

[Beetroot queen]

Errmmmm don't think I feed my peas, DD it's a pea post.

Help. 

[DD.]

Yes, I know. I'm thinking.

I never feed peas either!

Did you harden them off first? Have you over-watered? My ground's still wet from the last deluge and the only time I've watered any of my plants this year is just the once when they've first been put in. I didn't even bother doing that with the beans I put in a couple of days ago.

[Beetroot queen]

Yes, I know. I'm thinking.

I never feed peas either!

Did you harden them off first? Have you over-watered? My ground's still wet from the last deluge and the only time I've watered any of my plants this year is just the once when they've first been put in. I didn't even bother doing that with the beans I put in a couple of days ago.

I heard the cogs from here 

[Dave Mack]

I would go with over watering too .
The way i grow them is ... dig a long trench ... fill with about 4 inches of compost  and a sprinkle of fish blood and bone , then back fill the trench with soil , i plant my peas very close together along the trench , then when the flowers appear ... i give them a watered down tomato feed ( not everybody feeds there plants ... but i've always done this with great crops ) then i just leave them to get on with it , as soon as the peas are ready ... pick pick pick , they will throw more flowers out ... dont feed again , i only feed the once .
Hope this a bit of help to you 
You can find a pic taken about 5 days ago here ... http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=105992.0

[grendel]

I just throw mine in the ground, and let them get on with it, this year I even mixed the peas, french beans runners and broad beans, it seems to have worked so far.
Grendel

[tallgingerbloke]

Thanks everyone, I think I am guilty of not hardening off, will they recover or should I just direct sow some more?

[mumofstig]

It wouldn't do any harm to sow more next to the ones you've already put in - a 2 inch gap is enough between them