Autumn peas

[longalot]

Which varieties will you be planting and  when do you plant your fall pea crop.

[longalot]

[Robert_Brenchley]

I don't because of mildew on late crops in our climate. I grow them all earlier in the season and freeze them.

I wonder whether this is TGG back again?

[longalot]

robert i forgot to mention i planted my green arrow's  on august 1.
Hopefully  I will get a good crop.  Since i planted  360 seeds.

[Nikita77]

I am going to plant a pea called meteor.  Apparently it has a neat dwarf habbit producing an abundance of small, well filled pods.  Very good winter hardiness, even in exposed areas. 

Says ideal sown in Autumn for overwintering.  Sow late October - November or in March.  They will be ready in May or if sown in the spring 12 weeks from sowing.

They are Thompson and Morgan seeds.

[pigeonseed]

You read my mind, longalot, I've been thinking of overwintering peas and broadbeans this year. I'm thinking of sowing Meteor as well, Nikita77. They sound quite low to the ground and hardy, as you say. And by the seaside, early in the year  - they will need to be!

I hope they will be a really early crop next year, before the French beans get going (which was slow this year!)

When do you all get your crops from Autumn-sown peas (in reality, I mean, not the seed packet blurb!)

[pigeonseed]

Oh, I've just realised, when you say Autumn peas - do you mean to crop in the Autumn or to sow in the Autumn?  Maybe I got it a bit wrong! :-[

[Nikita77]

Oh, I've just realised, when you say Autumn peas - do you mean to crop in the Autumn or to sow in the Autumn?  Maybe I got it a bit wrong! :-[

To sow in the Autumn, that was the reason that i bought them there's 300 seeds in a pack so i might plant alot of them hopefully will be inundated with peas.

[longalot]

pigeonseed when said Autumn peas meant peas for autumn harvest. I expect to harvest my peas about mid October.

[chriscross1966]

I put in a few more pots of TElepholnea week or so ago, if we get a decent spell of weather I should get some peas off them.... I've got Metoer that I will try and overwinter... they're not bad for a round pea but you need to pick them young cos they do get a  bit starchy as they get bigger....I'm also growing forage peas as a green manure before probably potatoes go in next year....

chrisc

[Digeroo]

I sowed Feltham First in October last year and covered them with plastic bottles.  Those outside the bottles soon got eaten by rabbits, mice, deer etc.  To my great surprise they came through winter including snow and -8C.  A pit disappointed by the taste, may try Meteor instead this year.  Though the Feb sown peas were not far behind in the cropping.

Thanks for suggesting peas, I have a small space from which caulis have been removed and I am not sure what to put there, peas will do very nicely.  

I overwintered BB last year but waste of space, the feb sown ones did much better.

[antipodes]

It would be impossible to grow peas here at this time of year: it's just too dry.

[longalot]

antipodes have you tried a device for transporting and adding oxidane to you soil.
I have found by adding oxidane to my soil at regular intervals in large quantities helps to  prevent my soil from drying out excessively. Also a device that   blocks some or interferes with  certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation during intense periods of transmission helps in preventing of excessive soil drying.

[:(]

antipodes have you tried a device for transporting and adding oxidane to you soil.
I have found by adding oxidane to my soil at regular intervals in large quantities helps to  prevent my soil from drying out excessively. Also a device that   blocks some or interferes with  certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation during intense periods of transmission helps in preventing of excessive soil drying.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Jayb]

antipodes have you tried a device for transporting and adding oxidane to you soil.
I have found by adding oxidane to my soil at regular intervals in large quantities helps to  prevent my soil from drying out excessively. Also a device that   blocks some or interferes with  certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation during intense periods of transmission helps in preventing of excessive soil drying.

longalot, each of us grows to suit our conditions and locations. This is a super forum being informative and very friendly , I feel your tone and manner is out of place. Antipodes has stated her reasons why she deems it unsuitable to grow peas at the moment, no need for a reply such as yours.

[:(]

I think it was a joke, least thats how I read it.

[terrier]

I think Longalot or TGG or whatever else it wants to call itself at any given time has finally decided  to do away with us all. This makes fun reading:

http://quezi.com/11668

Maybe we should exercise our virtual right to subject Longalot to virtual 'cum fossa et furca'  ;D

[longalot]

looks like some posters don't have sense of humor.

antipodes have you tried a device for transporting and adding oxidane to you soil.
I have found by adding oxidane to my soil at regular intervals in large quantities helps to  prevent my soil from drying out excessively. Also a device that   blocks some or interferes with  certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation during intense periods of transmission helps in preventing of excessive soil drying.

the quote above translated  to the scientific language and humor impaired :

antipodes have you tried a water can or hose pipe and adding watering your soil more.
I have found by adding {water} to my soil at regular intervals in large quantities helps to  prevent my soil from drying out excessively. Also a shade cloth blocks excessive light and heat from  excessively drying your soil.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Longalot = TTG. Oxidane is a fancy name for water, and what sort of mentality does it take to show off like that? Real scientists call it water.

[longalot]

Robert_Brenchley  who is ttg?

[Digeroo]

I do not understand why some people are allowed to post humorous posts and others not.  I think that Longalot perhaps could have put a few Grin enoticons so we are all sure when he is joking. ;D ;D

I thought that the post was rather amusing. ;D

I have been doing a lot of transporting of liquid refreshment to my plants over the past four months due to the lack of precipitation.   I think longalot is right: a lack of water is not a good enough excuse. ;D ;D 

I also use lots of biodegradable material to cover the soil to prevent evaporation, ie lots of mulching. ;D ;D