Peas in trouble - Why (pics incl)

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I hope I get this right, i haven't uploaded pics here before so please bear with me.

I ordered some peas, courgette and tomatoe plants off a nursery listing on ebay. On arrival the peas in particular were in a state.., 14 very root bound too large plants having been squeezed into one of those plastic wallet things half the needed size. I immediately repotted them and since have had the plants in trays of water, and taken them outside for a good sunning every day, bringing them in again at nite. I have not watered them from the top, have not fed them and intended to repot into larger pots as soon as I could purchase them. I have messed with them as little as possible except for trying to offer them limited support.

They are now looking far worse than they did on arrival with possibly some signs of something killing them off. I am a relative newby, so don't know if they are being killed off by the bad packaging or a pest or an infection of some kind. I have given pics of the leaves just in case. They have gotten a lot worse in the last 48 hours but it isn't really showing on the photo's. They are very limp.

Am I panicking over nothing, can I do anything? Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with them (packing problem or infection)?

Many thanks in advance

ukbill69

They look a bit to wet to me and are you watering them at night and not in direct sunlight. Ive herd that damages the plant.

ema_o

Actually that could be it, did you say they are sitting in trays of water? I am new to this too, but I read somewhere that if things need watering you should put in water but remove any that hasn't been absorbed within 20 mins?
Hopefully they'll recover if they dry out a bit?

[Deleted User]

Peas removed from water tray lol

Lotus-eater

And don't order any more pea plants from anyone, especially this company by the looks of it, They're dead easy to grow from seed,

kimmee

I also think they look far too wet and some of the lovely folks on the newbie thread have said that peas don't like root distrubance so they grow them in loo rolls or paper pots and plant them whole - pot and all.

Thats what I did - grew mine in paperpots, some in loo rolls, kept them watered but certainly didn't drench them. Hardened them off and now they are growing happily in large pots up a wigwam of bamboo canes outside and they're doing fantastically well. If I was you I would get some pea seeds, make some paper pots and sow them as soon as you can and I'm sure you'll do better than the ones you bought. As lotus-eater said - they're so easy to grow.

Good luck

Kay_Peel

Peas don't need a lot of warmth, so there is no need to keep them inside.

I would only harden them off, as you have done, if they had been kept in artificially high temperatures. I sowed mine in April (in the North West) and they withstood all the frosts, winds and hailstones that have battered these parts in recent weeks. Peas are cool:cool: Literally!

As they grow taller, they benefit from having soil mounded up around the stem. It looks to me like your peas are yearning for some soil and space to grow.

I think you can rescue your peas if you do a couple of things now.

* Plant them out in the ground
* Water the soil around the plants in the morning, if they need it, and avoid splashing the leaves. This will stop the stem getting soggy and prone to mildew.

I think they'll be OK. :beer:

[Deleted User]

I can't plant them out til my troughs are completed but I will be keeping them outside and not in water trays from now on.

Thank u very much for your advice.., I'm keen to learn.

eco

My first lot of peas and beans are out in the groung now and got a few pods coming through, I don't know if it's just me but I have more luck with veg seeds than flower seeds, unless I was short of time I won't buy veg plants, a good soil and enough water and they shoot away, but if like me the slugs like your young peas grow them in trays in the house, they don't take long to get going and really cheap.

ALIBOBSY

Peas don't like being disturbed, so0 best bet is either the old toilet roll trick or plant seeds dtraight in the ground. I have one row in rolls ready to go in and the first lot that went straight in the ground are coming along as well.

This is going to be a great week for getting as much as you can into the ground outside, certainly our weather forecast (in the northwest) is for hot days and warm nights. Its amazing how the extra warmth and light (as long as you remember to water as needed) make plants germinate/grow on really quickly.

ali x

diluvsdiscounts

This is going to be a great week for getting as much as you can into the ground outside, certainly our weather forecast (in the northwest) is for hot days and warm nights. Its amazing how the extra warmth and light (as long as you remember to water as needed) make plants germinate/grow on really quickly.

ali x

I agree yesterday I spent some time in the greenhouse watering etc, this morning I have been in again and I swear my courgette plants are quite a bit bigger than yesterday!!