Taken your advice, Peas

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Dopey113

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Taken your advice, Peas
« on: March 25, 2012, 20:40 »
I have taken your advice with the pea sticks, (instead of netting) for the peas, I found a tree on the allotment (hazel tree I think) and took about 15 good sticks off it, about 8ft tall each,

I want to build 3 wigwams with them, and plant spuds in between (not in the wigwam) and around the peas, but the peas will be in front so I dont step on the spuds, I'm told (reading the forum) that peas give nitrogen? and spuds love it, so is it OK to plant them together?

thanks
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Re: Taken your advice, Peas
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 20:54 »
Peas, and other legumes are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and store it in root nodules but they use most of it themselves. There is some left in the roots when the plant dies but it isn't available to other plants straight away.

Too much nitrogen on your taties will only encourage soft leafy growth, not the lovely spuds that you want. Potatoes are also heavy feeders which is why people tend to give them their own area and put peas in another. See various posts on crop rotation to see how this works.


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Re: Taken your advice, Peas
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 21:06 »
Ok thanks


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