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Posted by Tina1 N.S.W. Australi (My Page) on Wed, Jun 1, 05 at 4:08
| my peas aren't going well. the soil is well nourished. the soil has blood and bone, chook poo. we love peas and would appreciate any help and or advice. thanks. |
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Tina1
Look at Autumn in the forum we are all having the same probs
Im in a very frost area and all is at a stop at present,not that I have any peas. They will not survive this time of year.
Wattle |
RE: Poor peas
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| In my case it's lack of water. Normally at this time of the year we have had 160mm (on average) of rain. We had 6mm (or so) of rain for the whole month of May. My veggie garden looks pretty miserable as a result. The peas look okay, but not stunning. I hope the rains will hit soon and everything will start to grow. I hope that in your case things will pick up, too, as soon as 'proper' autumn/winter hits. :) |
RE: Poor peas
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| Tina1 Wattle is right, peas are very sensitive to frost. Additionally you need to be a bit careful with manures and peas (especially chook as it is high in nitrogen). It can lead to excessive leaf development at the expense of flowers and pods. The manure needs to be well rotted. With legumes its better to let them fix their own nitrogen, which will also be better for the following crops. |
RE: Poor peas
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| My peas were doing extremely well until the birds defoliated them...I'll have another go planting in spring |
RE: Poor peas
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Tina1
Me again I have just read in my diary for 2004 that I planted peas on 30.6.04 and had a great crop.
These also included snow peas. The bush variety were Gem Massey seeds soaked overnight, and a little blood and bone dug in as I went.
Hope this helps
Wayne |
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