Some batches of pea plants grew way too big, producing a huge amount of peas to harvest, but also creating more work and needing more time to harvest.
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Morning
What varietie did you plant ?
Sounds like a good problem to have
Pretty peas stop growing
You deserve to have garden problems like this!
same problem this year, didnt think it could be a problem!
I grow my peas up 3ft sheep wire. My rows are 60ft long with fencing stakes driven in every 10ft. I install the sheep wire 6" from the ground when the peas are 4" high. The tendrils grab hold and the plants weave their way upwards. My rows are 3ft apart which leaves enough room to pick, without hassle, when it's time. I sown densely (approx 20 seeds per foot) in a 2"deep drill over a spade depth trench, 3/4 filled with well-rotted manure and topped off with soil. If the plants do start to drift away from the sheep wire I use 'pea hoops' to hold them back – 1m lengths of high-tensile wire with 1" bent backwards at each end. I've used the same wire for the last 15 years with a few new posts here and there. 6 rows, two each of 1st early- 'Anubis', 2nd early 'Onward' and maincrop 'Hurst Green Shaft' yield around 40kg of peas. We love peas!
can I bring my goats over to help you harvest some of those peas?
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Pea porridge hot pea porridge cold nine days old, this really explained why peas may have consumed in great quantities back in the day.
Yum
Nothing quite like fresh peas.
Green manure! 🙂
Where’s the problem? An abundance of fresh picked peas sounds like a blessing to me.
Pick the tip of the and stir fry. It’s even better than the pods