Pea Problems

puravida · « **Reply #15 on:** May 18, 2008, 19:30 »

Thanks Aunt Sally - so you just have one row of mesh running through the middle of each row of peas??

DD. · « **Reply #16 on:** May 18, 2008, 20:39 »

Quote from: "puravida"

Oh I see - so you string the peas to the twine, then add more rounds of twine and string higher and higher as the peas grow?

Are you stringing every single plant?

No I don't string the peas :shock: - there's literally thousands of them. (There's about 130 feet of Kelvedon Wonder alone in the photo). Peas have their own tendrils for climbing. I just whizz the twine around the whole row as in the photo, they do the rest.

Yes I add more twine as they grow higher.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #17 on:** May 18, 2008, 20:42 »

Quote from: "puravida"

Thanks Aunt Sally - so you just have one row of mesh running through the middle of each row of peas??

That's right "werks fer me "

puravida · « **Reply #18 on:** May 18, 2008, 20:50 »

Thanks so much you two - huge help!

DD - I'm in awe of your peas! Are they all for personal consumption?

DD. · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2008, 20:55 »

Quote from: "puravida"

Thanks so much you two - huge help!

DD - I'm in awe of your peas! Are they all for personal consumption?

Oh yes - I have to grow this many to make sure a few make it home!

This incidentally is one of the heritage peas I'm growing, named 'Parsley' after the unual shape of the tendrils...

puravida · « **Reply #20 on:** May 18, 2008, 21:07 »

Wow they look fascinating! Crazy!
Is it the first year you have grown these?
Can't wait to hear how they taste!

DD. · « **Reply #21 on:** May 18, 2008, 22:20 »

Quote from: "puravida"

Wow they look fascinating! Crazy!
Is it the first year you have grown these?
Can't wait to hear how they taste!

I grew these as a 'seed guardian' two years ago, (that's when the picture was taken). All the pods were allowed to run to seed & harvested. Most were sent back & a few were retained. (Permitted!).

I never got round to sowing them last year, so this is the first year I will have had a taste of them, (I hope). Some I will save for seed again. The tendrils are supposed to be edible also.

This is the pea in full pod...

Auntie - stop drooling!

love-my-plot · « **Reply #22 on:** May 18, 2008, 22:24 »

They look amazing DD! Got to try them next year!

DD. · « **Reply #23 on:** May 18, 2008, 23:01 »

As far as I know, there will only be two places to get them from.

One of them is the Heritage Seed Library.

(This will only cost you £20 to join!).

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #24 on:** May 18, 2008, 23:04 »

Quote from: "DD."

Auntie - stop drooling!

Mmmmm... Gimme the peas

DD. · « **Reply #25 on:** May 18, 2008, 23:25 »

From 40 seed I was sent, 39 germinated, this was the return..

There's about 1,600 seed there, (estimated by weight - didn't count them all!).

DD. · « **Reply #26 on:** May 24, 2008, 11:10 »

6 days on & one string later!

DD. · « **Reply #27 on:** June 19, 2008, 12:57 »

And today....

Pea shop opens soon!

matron · « **Reply #28 on:** June 19, 2008, 13:11 »

How tall do the heritage variety grow DD?
I am growing a variety called ne plus ultra that are supposed to grow to about 4 or 5 feet.

DD. · « **Reply #29 on:** June 19, 2008, 16:55 »

That particular one only about 2 feet.

Have another that grows bolt upright to about 4 feet.

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