Can you stand to see more pea harvest pics? I hope so cos here is another almost 2lbs
worth!
Unfortunately the trellis and wind had another battle this month and the trellis definitely lost this one. I think the peas are done. After the last bout of gale force winds, I propped the trellis up with the step ladder, but went out one morning to see this
Yep that's the ladder in the next bed over! Good job nothing in there was damaged as I hadn't planted out the summer crops yet! Sheesh! Anyway the peas have pretty much all leaned over the trellis and are spilling out and over onto the floor. Crazy! I harvested 3+ pounds so far, here's hoping I can at least get the peas that are left on the vines to fatten up!
In the comments on the last pea posts comments Zanthan Gardens asked: What varieties did you grow and how many feet did you plant? I grew bush and pole peas, in different beds. Bush peas I grew 4 squares x 9 plants per sq ft. I will say these aren't as good harvest value as pole peas but ok if you don't have decent trellis systems like I didn't or are growing them in addition to pole peas. The pole peas I grew 5 square foot, at 6 plants per square foot. The trellis for the pole peas was only 4ft high. In hindsight I needed bigger trellis and more plants per square foot, oh and I needed to train them better! The trellis I used had BIG holes so the plants didn't really grab on that well. Next year will be better!!! The varieties I used were: Pole Peas - tall telephone. Sorry obviously I didn't keep the packet for the bush peas (doh!)
worth!
Unfortunately the trellis and wind had another battle this month and the trellis definitely lost this one. I think the peas are done. After the last bout of gale force winds, I propped the trellis up with the step ladder, but went out one morning to see this
Yep that's the ladder in the next bed over! Good job nothing in there was damaged as I hadn't planted out the summer crops yet! Sheesh! Anyway the peas have pretty much all leaned over the trellis and are spilling out and over onto the floor. Crazy! I harvested 3+ pounds so far, here's hoping I can at least get the peas that are left on the vines to fatten up!
In the comments on the last pea posts comments Zanthan Gardens asked: What varieties did you grow and how many feet did you plant? I grew bush and pole peas, in different beds. Bush peas I grew 4 squares x 9 plants per sq ft. I will say these aren't as good harvest value as pole peas but ok if you don't have decent trellis systems like I didn't or are growing them in addition to pole peas. The pole peas I grew 5 square foot, at 6 plants per square foot. The trellis for the pole peas was only 4ft high. In hindsight I needed bigger trellis and more plants per square foot, oh and I needed to train them better! The trellis I used had BIG holes so the plants didn't really grab on that well. Next year will be better!!! The varieties I used were: Pole Peas - tall telephone. Sorry obviously I didn't keep the packet for the bush peas (doh!)
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