Growing Peas

Larumbelle

Hi Katzen

I would start out in modules, old loo rolls, or similar then plant out. Mice adore peas, as do slugs and many birds, and it's a rare garden that doesn't have any of those to gobble them!

If you want to grow them up a balcony pick a variety that doesn't grow so tall. Kelvedon Wonder only grows to three or four feet, I know there are others but that's the only one I can think of right now. If your balcony is just vertical bars you'll need to have something extra for them to climb up - maybe weave some string through the bars?

Katzen

Thanks silver,
I've done it, bought the peas &potted 6 into yoghurt pots by sunny patio doors in the kitchen. Now if they don't come up I'll know I need to buy mousetraps! They only had one variety in the 99p store so I've no idea how tall they'll grow but I'm sure I can beg/borrow/steal some canes if necessary. Also found a little 'grow your own chillies' pack so I had to have one of those too :rolleyes:

carole.uk

hi i stuck quite a few peas in my apple and pear tree large pots and they are growing really well i have now got some black flower buckets and want to grow more peas can anyone tell me how much soil peas need to grow please are the buckets going to be deep enough

irnbru_2

Dustykitten wrote: »

I might soak the next lot for an hour before sowing like sweet peas and see if that helps

Bought my peas last year and didn't use them.

Left them to soak in a margarine tub with water just about covering them, closed the lid and left for a few days. All sprouted. Potted them up and then left in the cold frame to grow.

Have now transplanted them to final position without problems.

WFM.

Melonade

carole.uk wrote: »

hi i stuck quite a few peas in my apple and pear tree large pots and they are growing really well i have now got some black flower buckets and want to grow more peas can anyone tell me how much soil peas need to grow please are the buckets going to be deep enough

I don't think peas need too much soil. I've got some in a long plastic window box type pot and they seem to be doing great I've planted some more in pots and they are doing well too.

carole.uk

thanks for the replys i will plant them today and see how they go

tanith

My peas grow happily in pots and I just push some of the twigs from pruning my shrubs for them to climb up they make a brilliant support for things in pots ..

Taye

Ha would you belive, i planted some runner beans in pots a week or so ago and they popped up really quick (also planted peas and they are showing) the runners however where ready to go outside so as i already had the netting etc up in the place where i'd planted my no-show peas i figured i'd plant them there,

i got to planting the 3rd runner beans and low and behold there was a pea just showing though the soil... poop... 6 flipping weeks is taken for the little so and so's to show their heads but there they are, litterally in the last day about 6 are now showing of my no-show pea's.

Now of course they have 3 runner beans planted amoungst them... grumble grumble.. i think i now might need to move a couple of peas.

There is also the question of what to now do with the backup set of peas i've got on the go?!

Katzen

Taye if you've got spares you could probably freecycle them-maybe do a little swap?

rosie383

Someone mentioned about putting net up for the peas to grow up. I am a novice and a few weeks ago, I made a wigwam of canes and planted the seeds around the outside of the canes, and a courgette in the middle. WHAT TYPE OF NETTING DO I NEED, AND WHAT IS THE CHEAPEST OPTION, AS MY BUDGET IS ALL BUT GONE. (Oops! caps lock!!!!!)