Peas

[Rosyred]

Does anyone else grow these this time of year?

Was thinking i'd give them another go and Grow your own mag says you can start growing them now I can only get the seeds they suggest on line.

[Rosyred]

[Chantenay]

Ooooh - I can't wait for the answer to this. I saw some "Autumn Peas" - no variety name - at the garden centre and could not resist buying some. I felt a bit silly expecting anything at this time of the year, but they are about 8" tall - so might I get a crop, or will they just sit there tempting the wildlife until next Spring?

[Pumper]

I've never heard of Autumn peas, but it sounds a bit like broadies to me - sow in Autumn for May/June next year. I too would love to grow some if they come up this year

[antipodes]

well I rather optimistically sowed some peas before going on holidays so about a month ago and to my surprise they are doing quite well!! I don't know if they will give any peas, it's more because I had about 15 peas at the bottom of a packet and wanted to get rid of them ha ha. In typical style I don't know what variety they were  ::)

[debster]

i have purchased meteor peas to sow lat october - november says they are ideal for autumn sowing for overwintering however says wont be ready til may

[Lauren S]

Has anyone tried growing them in a pot in their greenhouse?
I think I might experiment and give them a go.

Lauren  ;D

[jennym]

Peas do overwinter ok, but you need to get the right variety. You need to sow round seeded types, I have sometimes sown Feltham First. They grow a bit now, then stand static over winter, and you get an early crop around May.
To be honest, I havent done this for a couple fo years now, as I find that unless you cover them with net cloches or suchlike they do suffer.
Far better to sow in late March/early April and get an early crop around end May/June.

[calendula]

I tried them in the g/h many years ago but you need a lot of space and a lot of peas to get a good crop but if you only want a taste then try it

to debster - meteor peas are fabulous, they were my favourite for this year but I don't bother any more with autumn sowing of peas and beans 'cos they tend to get ravaged by the winter and end up only being a few weeks earlier than if I had planted in early spring - but it depends on your location

[Stevens706]

Last year I grew some peas in a pot in the greenhouse.

The problem I found was poor germination, I would recommend starting them off in the airing cupboard on kitchen paper.

I moved the pot out early spring and the peas were weeks in advance of anyone else’s, and appreciated by my daughters.

[Rosyred]

Your never believe it the postman has delivered a T&M cataolgue and I can order these peas for the price of P&P as I have a £5 voucher and a couple of other seed packets too. So Pea Meteor i'll try wasn't going to bother with peas again as they didn't work for me earlier in the year.

[cambourne7]

i am going to try them for the first time this year i have metor and another varity i picked up in wydale.

[theothermarg]

mm i only experiance of overwinter sowing were broad beans all i got was a row of tiny holes with a beanskin in :'( i think the local vermin won that round
marg