Peas & Mice
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MrsD'ville
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MINESAPINT
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MrsDville,
What variety of peas can you sow in the autumn. I have always felt we are fairly exposed on the edge of the North Yorks Moors but could give it a try this year. Your peas are in flower & I only have a few in pots in the greenhouse!
I think an indication of climate is that our daffodils are currently at their best and we do not have to travel far to find them finished. Also around here the hedges are just beginning to sprout some buds. The first blackthorn flowers have been out a couple of days.
MINESAPINT
What variety of peas can you sow in the autumn. I have always felt we are fairly exposed on the edge of the North Yorks Moors but could give it a try this year. Your peas are in flower & I only have a few in pots in the greenhouse!
I think an indication of climate is that our daffodils are currently at their best and we do not have to travel far to find them finished. Also around here the hedges are just beginning to sprout some buds. The first blackthorn flowers have been out a couple of days.
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I plant my peas in root-trainers/toilet roll tubes and raise them up on anything smooth that them mice cannot climb. I will take a pic in the tunnel later today.
I also use Cheezy's method No. 3, albeit a simpler one - I use old rhone's (gutters!) without ends on (this lets them drain) fill em with compost and sow peas as you would normally. Then raise the rhone up to somewhere they can't get to. You could suspend it from the greenhouse roof but I balance mine on top of my hot frame inside the big tunnel - the mice cannot climb up the glass sides!
I also use Cheezy's method No. 3, albeit a simpler one - I use old rhone's (gutters!) without ends on (this lets them drain) fill em with compost and sow peas as you would normally. Then raise the rhone up to somewhere they can't get to. You could suspend it from the greenhouse roof but I balance mine on top of my hot frame inside the big tunnel - the mice cannot climb up the glass sides!
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Cheezy
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Any of the early peas types will be OK for Autumn sowing, found this reference ,says you should plant a bit deeper than normal:MINESAPINT wrote:MrsDville,
What variety of peas can you sow in the autumn. I have always felt we are fairly exposed on the edge of the North Yorks Moors but could give it a try this year. Your peas are in flower & I only have a few in pots in the greenhouse!
MINESAPINT
http://www.vegetableexpert.co.uk/PlantingPeas.html
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So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
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MrsD'ville
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Hello. I planted Feltham First in the polytunnel. I planted a few outside but nothing much happened with them, now I come to think of it. We're in the middle of open farmland and subject to pheasants, mice, rats, deer and all the rest, and together with our very exposed windy position and ridiculous quantities of rain they curled up and died I think. However PT peas are a couple of foot high, looking really healthy and covered in flowers.