A few weeks ago we sowed 3-4 mangetout peas (oregon sugar pod) per pot and left them to it in a cold frame. As you can see in the above picture they have made good growth and have great root structure. Now we like to keep things simple and personally find root trainers, guttering and all the other pea growing techniques one heares about, either fiddly, expensive or just a pain. Pots are easy, plentiful and as you can see, work just fine.
Each pot of peas was planted next to a cane and well watered in. When the soil warms up some we will direct sow our maincrop peas but pots are a good way of getting earlier ones into the ground without fear of them rotting before they germinate.
A few weeks ago we sowed 3-4 mangetout peas (oregon sugar pod) per pot and left them to it in a cold frame. As you can see in the above picture they have made good growth and have great root structure. Now we like to keep things simple and personally find root trainers, guttering and all the other pea growing techniques one heares about, either fiddly, expensive or just a pain. Pots are easy, plentiful and as you can see, work just fine.
Each pot of peas was planted next to a cane and well watered in. When the soil warms up some we will direct sow our maincrop peas but pots are a good way of getting earlier ones into the ground without fear of them rotting before they germinate.
2 comments:
That looks just perfect. You will have a fantastic crop there!
Just came to your site from Daughter of the Soil. How wonderful. Your pictures are lovely and descriptions informative. My those are some healthy seedlings! I'll be back.
Deborah
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