Peas - What happens now?

Primrose

Lolly - yes I just chopped the old haulms up roughly, dug them into the soil and already they've started to rot down. I do try and rotate the location of the vegetables I grow around my vegetable patch every year but if the haulms weren't diseased there's no reason why you can't grow peas in the same place again next year. The important thing is to keep the soil well fertilised with compost and manure to keep it in good condition, and earlier vegetation which has rotted down will help this.

Primrose

Rosebud I think we're more or less at the end of the pea sowing season now, unless you're in the very south of England and can expect a warmer climate up to the end of September when you might get a small last crop. To get a good crop of peas you need to sow a decent row as each plant will only produce a few pea pods. When you consider how many pods you need to grow to provide a meal for two people you'll soon see that growing just one or two plants, apart from the novelty of doing it, is not going to be worth doing.

aliasojo

Primrose wrote: »

When you consider how many pods you need to grow to provide a meal for two people you'll soon see that growing just one or two plants, apart from the novelty of doing it, is not going to be worth doing.

I'll second that. I had 6 plants and that was only just enough for one meal. It's all a learning curve.:D

mongmoney

I live in the east mids and always plant 6 pea plants at least. I'm going to put some more in and see if I can get a second crop.

Rosebud24

Primrose wrote: »

To get a good crop of peas you need to sow a decent row as each plant will only produce a few pea pods.

Thanks Primrose, I didn't realise that. I had visions of my pea plants dripping with pods! I container garden so I don't think I'll bother next year!

lar316

I've got rid of my peas today, had a rubbish harvest compared to last year. Just like last year they have got mildew on them. Is it too late to sow some more peas this year now? I just love peas straight from the pod, my kids even took some to school in their lunch boxes!!!!!

Sunnyday

My last peas have just been picked today and the plants put into the composter.

They didn`t do as well as last year and i grew them exactly the same this year with one small difference, last year i picked off the pods when they were small and we ate them when they were like mange tout pods an all and they were lovely, they just kept coming back. This year we waited until the peas were bigger and we haven`t had that many - only a few meals and i hate shelling them

Next year i`ll pick them when they are small again as we got so much more out of them, the difference was amazing.

SD