Growing Peas

robnye

help....

silly questions

hod do i stop the peas growing too tall... ie they are 8 foot tall, which is 1 ft above the netting structure - should i pinch out the top of each plant?

how do you know when to start harvesting?
i have pea pods in various stages, some have started to fill out, should i wait until there is enough for a meal.... or just start picking now and hope there is enough

Lotus-eater

Yes just pinch them out.
Start picking them when they have just started to fill the pods, when they are small like this they are lovely raw (well most are) and it will encourage more peas. When they get a bit bigger pick them to cook.
Just pick a few at different stages and see what you get, you'll soon get the hang of it.
But keep picking!

robnye

another thing - can you freeze perpetual spinach?

Smeg77

I noticed that my French Beans are doing really well, got a couple that are about 4-5" long now, well impressed

ALIBOBSY

I didn't use netting, we had a couple of old bamboo canes. I cut them in half and made a tent shape then strung garden string accross at different heights. The peas have grabbed on as they grew.
Been eating some this week, lovely fresh peas mmmmmmmmmmmm
ali x

Lotus-eater

robnye wrote: »

another thing - can you freeze perpetual spinach?

Google says you can

robnye

pick some peas last night - a little too early me thinks.... they looked big enough, but where full of air...... popped out the peas and eat some, they where gorgeous, never eaten raw peas straight of the plants before....mmmmmmmm

cant wait for the ones left to grow bigger

covgirl

I've been doing the Garden Organic pea trial this year and some of the varieties have been fantastic! There are some very heavy cropping (but also very tall) varieties, but we planted a load of Kelvedon Wonder too, and we have been getting enough for a meal for the pair of us every other day for a few weeks now. Mind you we do have a lot of plants, but then again we seem to have a lot of pea moth problems this year compared to usual too :mad: Has anyone else had the same problem?

I've got to remember to save some seed from the GO ones, I think I'll designate one plant of each variety and leave them to mature. I've also just planted some more Kelvedon Wonders to try and get a late crop - they're a quick-growing variety so I'm hopeful!

Mortal

I've got tonnes of little tiny caterpillars on the leaves of mine. Only found them today when harvesting some more. I've picked off their leaves. I just hope they don;t find their way into the pods!

Melonade

Mortal wrote: »

I've got tonnes of little tiny caterpillars on the leaves of mine. Only found them today when harvesting some more. I've picked off their leaves. I just hope they don;t find their way into the pods!

Same here :mad: I was trying to pick them off at first but they were so tiny it was impossible!!

We've had quite a few peas in the past week or so. None have been cooked, just eaten straight from the pod. I think I've been unlucky because every pod I've opened has had bitter tasting peas so after 3 pods I gave up and maybe I don't like fresh peas now :rolleyes: