[Salmo]

I sowed Kelvedon Wonder on 17th March and they have been growing vigorously except for the tips being scorched by the frost earlier in the month. Soon after the frost a few flowers appeared and I duly covered with enviromesh to protect from pea moth.

I have been thinking for a day or two that there should be more flowers appearing. I lifted the net today to look closer and in the 10 foot row there are about 10 pods about 2 inches long and just a few flowers low down.

I think that the frost may have caught the flowers developing in the growing tips. All I can do is hope that a flush of flowers appears.

Has anyone else got this problem?

[mumofstig]

My peas have only grown to about half their normal height before flowering, and there are a lot less flowers and they are about 3 weeks early. I've picked a few this week.
Down here it's probably due to the lack of rain, despite some watering 
Are you in a dry area as well?

[Salmo]

We have had no real rain since February. Something like 5% of normal. Crops are growing well enough but need water for germination and establishing things planted out.

Ryegrass/clover green manure dug in where the peas are. The peas are normal height but have no flowers. The flowers low down are like the late flowers you usually get on peas. The problem is going to be that if they do decide to have a flush of flowers they are going to crop at the same time as, or later than, the later sown crop. So much for my plans of successional sowing.

[Salmo]

Just to bring you up to date with the non-flowering peas.

They have decided to produce lots of flowers on 2 inch shoots at the very base of the plants.

I cannot see that these will ever come to anything so I have pulled them up. Before I did so I picked all seven pods and ate them. Although they were good it did remind me that I should really be harvesting a full crop now.