Peas/french beans in wigwams

rhysdad · « **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2010, 08:50 »

Has anyone else done runners in growbags before?

Swing Swang · « **Reply #16 on:** March 25, 2010, 08:54 »

Trikidiki - I guess the 30" is because that's how high they are projected to grow and you don't want one row shading out it's neighbour. Also peas do take up a lot of width.

My varieties can grow to 2m but I'm, not giving up that much space between rows. About 1.4m works for me (I give them the width of a 70cm paving slab as a planting bed, and put single 70cm paving slab 'stepping stones' between the double rows).

SS

compostqueen · « **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2010, 09:26 »

You might have sown dwarf peas, in which case they probably won't need any support, or only low stuff. I'm doing Early Onward and will just push in some old shrubby sticks into the soil for them to grow on

You only need to provide some twiggy sticks for peas, nothing fancy.

mumofstig · « **Reply #18 on:** March 25, 2010, 09:48 »

the poster never told us which peas he planted

Trikidiki · « **Reply #19 on:** March 25, 2010, 17:50 »

Sorry SwingSwang, I was being sarcastic about Yorkie not having much room to pick when he only left 18-24 inches between rows. I'll use some sort of smiley next time.

The old boy I used to share the plot with gave me a great tip. He sowed his beans in pots then at planting out he would toss a couple of seeds in the bottom of each planting hole to provide a new plant a couple of weeks later.

mumofstig · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2010, 17:55 »

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about Yorkie not having much room to pick when he only left 18-24 inches

He is a she

Trikidiki · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2010, 18:19 »

Doubly sorry!

Yorkie · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2010, 19:19 »

Quote from: Trikidiki on March 25, 2010, 17:50

Sorry SwingSwang, I was being sarcastic about Yorkie not having much room to pick when he only left 18-24 inches between rows. I'll use some sort of smiley next time.

That went straight over my head

Must have been bending down to pick my peas

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