tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post5092749895664268511..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Peas: another whopping great postRebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-3047770087135364402008-02-08T15:22:00.000+00:002008-02-08T15:22:00.000+00:00I live in Tennessee (Southeast US). Here's what u...I live in Tennessee (Southeast US). Here's what us poor folk do-take some sticks around the yard and make a pyramid with three around the plant. When that becomes grown over, stretch string around the tops. This is my first year with peas, but that is what my mother-in-law said they do around there (she doesn't do peas either). <BR/><BR/>Last year we bought a netting that goes over the garden to keep out the birds. Worked wonders! I would plant seeds and in 2-5 hours would go back out to a demolished, seedless garden. SIGH! We also put up stakes and chicken wire around to keep out the rabbits. They dug under it, so the easiest way is to take rocks, brick, what ever is heavy and lying around and put around the edge. You can even put some of the fencing under the rock.<BR/><BR/>My husband just finished tilling the garden for this year! I'm so excited! We're working on the greenhouse today too. I'll try several of your ideas and see what works best here-may be different. Great info-thx!<BR/><BR/>Do these US companies not ship to the UK? I would have thought they would have...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-22658175591702682022007-09-22T19:06:00.000+01:002007-09-22T19:06:00.000+01:00This is a great source of information--thanks for ...This is a great source of information--thanks for sharing everything that you've learned here. I love the toilet paper roll idea, and may use it for some other seedling that I'll start in the spring. Brilliant!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607821498331135305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-20952224828934036372007-04-20T00:41:00.000+01:002007-04-20T00:41:00.000+01:00Last year we came upon a solution by accident to k...Last year we came upon a solution by accident to keep peas off the ground that works well. We were having rabbit trouble so we put woven wire over the spot, since I plant in plots about 5 feet wide, and made an arch that was about 10 inches at the highest point. We did not remove it as it would have hurt the plants to do so. As they grew into adulthood they stood up like little soldiers and were a breeze to pick. We will certainly repeat this trick again this year as I plant a lot of peas!bonnie Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849133045327045335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-66935791328821005532007-03-12T23:31:00.000+00:002007-03-12T23:31:00.000+00:00Good luck Carol! They'll probably do fine for you....Good luck Carol! They'll probably do fine for you. I have a lot of slugs in my garden which eat everything.<BR/><BR/>Lilymarlene - maybe it's for the best - I don't know what US airport security would have made of a packet of bacteria in your handluggage!<BR/><BR/>John - Mr Bethell's grows to about 5ft tall but is nowhere near as rampant as other climbing peas like Alderman. A wigwam will do fine. I've not tried growing it on a line but that would probably be fine too. I've been using bamboo canes for stability interspersed with spiky twigs to give them something to hang on to.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-76659424130988297362007-03-12T12:45:00.000+00:002007-03-12T12:45:00.000+00:00Mr Bethell's - is it a vigourous climber? Up a wi...Mr Bethell's - is it a vigourous climber? Up a wigwam or along a line better? ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-568037684651266682007-03-11T11:17:00.000+00:002007-03-11T11:17:00.000+00:00That was FASCINATING reading! And I wish I'd known...That was FASCINATING reading! And I wish I'd known it before my trip to the US last month!!!! I'd have got some of that innoculant!lilymarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370053859106368722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-86301586183602565372007-03-10T20:52:00.000+00:002007-03-10T20:52:00.000+00:00I am planning to direct sow my peas in the garden ...I am planning to direct sow my peas in the garden at the end of next week, and for the first time will use an innoculant. Wish me luck as in the past my pea crops have been a bit disappointing. Either it got too hot for the peas to form, or the rabbits ate the vines.Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-28347542603906930392007-03-10T16:13:00.000+00:002007-03-10T16:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for that Cyndy! The fact that the bees do v...Thanks for that Cyndy! The fact that the bees do visit your peas but they still don't get cross-pollinated is just the kind of useful feedback I'm looking for. It suggests that either the bees are not able to get inside the flowers at all or that they're doing so after the flowers have already self-pollinated.<BR/><BR/>Now hummingbirds are a potential pollinator I've never even seen ... we don't have them over here!<BR/><BR/>I've been trying out a few different support methods for tall peas ... I haven't found any perfect solutions yet but I'll dig out some photos of what I've tried so far.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-4511016090334476012007-03-10T14:21:00.000+00:002007-03-10T14:21:00.000+00:00What great information Rebsie! Love the photograp...What great information Rebsie! Love the photographs too!<BR/><BR/>I have seen bees (bumble bees) visit my pea blossoms, sometimes falling asleep on them.... and also, hummingbirds visit the Norli pea, (which has a purple flower)...what I didn't know (up until now) was that they were not pollinating them! <BR/><BR/>I have never had any cross pollination...and there have been years when I have planted several different varieties within the same patch.<BR/><BR/>I would love to know how you deal with trellis...or stringing up your tall peas. Which methods work best for you?cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006126625281714507noreply@blogger.com