I usually don't like eating peas but I planted them anyway for stews. I am so excited about how lush and happy they are - and growing so fast. Never thought I'd be so excited to eat some peas.
Thank you , you are so much clearer than other TH-camrs as you state WHEN to grow , when to Harvvest and loads of other great tips . Thank you for covering EVERYTHING I need in one short video ☺ your little friend snuggling up to you was a bonus 🤗🐶🌻
I have felt the same way about Ben himself, his delivery of information & knowledge of gardening from A to Z. Some others seem to have a children’s show presentation style, like Sesame Street or maybe Blue Peter(?). I love Ben’s non condescending delivery and I also love seeing Rosie running around ‘helping’. 😀
One of the biggest memories from my childhood, fields of garden peas in our collective farms in village, me , sister and friends munching on the peas and collecting some for home. Some times dad will bring it for the cows, but before he will give it to them I’ll make nests out of garden pea plant, I’ll seat inside it collecting some of the peas and enjoy the sunshine. What a childhood we had😍
Hello Ben, thank you for a nother great Video. I grow garden peas in the raised bed and snap peas in windowbox Containers again this year. This is great when there is only little space. I hang them on the side of the raised bed. My beds are 80 cm to 1 m high, and I stick cutoffs from blackberries in the side of the raised bed for the peas to grow on. The only thing to think off when growing peas in windowboxes is, they need a lot more water and feeding since they only have a little bit of earth to grow in. But its a great way for little spaces and you still get a lot of peas. Have a wonderful Weekend. Greetings from the very rainy Münsterland. 🙋🏼♀️🙂
I’m from Lancashire and black/Carlin peas with salt and vinegar are amazing in the dark nights they remind me of old days with my Nan around a fire . I’m desperate to grow these and have ordered some dry ones on Amazon so really hoping I manage it so we can have homegrown black peas when the summer is over ❤️
We live in Loftus a small town in North Yorkshire and we had “Carlin Sunday “ dad used to fry them in fat that bacon had been fried in . Salt and vinegar and wow those were the days… you don’t really hear of it now it’s sad.
As you are probably aware by now, I'm a big fan of SFG in raised beds. due to the constraints of a square foot, I have found a dwarf habit variety of pea suited to SFG. Half Pint; this plant grows only 8" or 20cm tall, plant four per square foot, succession grow between four raised beds. No staking required. Too many peas to eat fresh, blanching and freezing is on my calendar yet again. Keep the vids coming Ben, I found your channel earlier this year and I'm currently binge watching each evening.
Been growing peas since my uncle learned me when I was young. I'm now 29 and I've learned my children how to grow them. I use ash from bbq and fires seems to do the plants wonders
Just a little too. Since your uncle taught you I think you mean. The teacher teaches the student learns. No one can learn you or learn for you. Sorry it’s not a growing tip. Thank you for sharing your story though. It’s great when family teaches you and then in turn you teach your family. Excellent!
@@annefricker8474 For someone concerned with correctness I have to point out it’s impolite to correct someone -especially publicly. Your comment wasn’t necessary-and neither is this one. Again, just let it go, we all understand what they were saying. You don’t know what cultural background they came from. My grandmother came from Czechoslovakia and would always get her feelings hurt when us kids would correct her English. Please be thoughtful of other people.
I planted two varieties in May (Hurst Green Shaft / Sugar Lace) it seemed to be a colder June however I have just taken my first pea harvest and the Sugar Lace seemed to taste that bit sweeter. Great video, I never realised you can get more than one harvest.
I grow Hurst Green shaft successionally. The trick is to make the 1st planting at the North side (in the Northern hemisphere), then the next more to the South and so on. I aim to get 3 months of harvest this way.
I have been inspired by your bean supports. Despite my spritely age I ache more than I would like so I find ways to make things easier. I have 30L pots with metal mesh held outwards in a V shape, lashed onto bamboo for support. Most of the pods shall be dangling freely and I can keep on top of them better. Thanks for your channel.
@@GrowVegI took your advice of starting them in smaller pots then transferred the plants once at a decent size. I will update you later in the year on this comment. Don't be offended when I say you are the river cottage of gardening. You are not intrusive with intros, relaxing to watch and your enthusiasm is infectious. May the algorithms be forever in your favour. ☮️
Great info vid, Ben. I am growing Show Perfection, Hurst Greenshaft, Ne Plus Ultra, and Kelvedon Wonder for podding peas this year plus some sugar snaps as well -- yes, I like peas LOL
Great video thank you. I'm waiting for my sugar snap seeds to arrive in the mail. Just built my DIY trellis today. Looking forward to the little journey :)
My grandpa used to grow them, so my grandma could make her famous Friesian peasoup in the winter. Im thinking of planting peas coming spring as well. My dad said its a lot of work, especially harvesting and drying them, but the peasoup will taste so much better than if we make it with peas from the supermarket.. 👌
I had a huge custom bay window installed in my kitchen. It faces south. I have a Zone 4 growing season, we live ontop a mountain in Northern Pennsylvania. I also recently am disabled, unable to go into the sun or exert much muscle energy. With that said, I started an indoor garden, with aid from grow lamps in this window. The sun only shines about 8 hours a day in winter, we need the grow lamps to lengthen the ‘sun shine’ to about 14 hours. I have long benches and pots outside, near the house, next to the hose. This way I can tend to plants wearing jeans, long shirt, and hat, and without needing to bend over much. Right now my indoor peas, which have only started to grow, look like porcupines. I had to add chopsticks and bamboo skewers all around my plants to keep the cat out. Lol. They are growing slower than expected, I will be adding more strips of grow lights, which will add warmth and brighter lighting. This may help. I like this method of gardening, zero bugs. The last frost is May 15th, and then I can move the plants outside onto my benches, then start new seedlings in the house again. Yes, I plan on dehydrating all my veggies, storing them in cans in my basement. I have a long container of alpine strawberries, 150 days old. We will transplant them outside, into the ground, my husband will create a ‘cage’ for them to keep wild animals out. I love dehydrated strawberries, they are fun to munch on. 😃
I have never tried dehydrating strawberries before. Usually, I use the food dryer for wild mushrooms, and once for watermelon - but I will give the strawbs a go this year. Sounds good.
Love to see the use of the cradle, I recycled the frames of our cot for runner beans + tied a piece of string about 4ft apart, they climbed and I encouraged growth along the string, great produce results + visually impressive against a grey boring wall, this is a fantastic channel!
I am growing Little Marvel (some in a recycled polystyrene box in the greenhouse, and some straight into the veg plot). The height of Little Marvel helps given our general tendency to windy weather in Orkney. And I'm trying Oregon Snow Pod this year as an experiment in the veg plot.
@@GrowVeg can you tell which peas variety is considered the most tasty and rich in flavor..?? I heard progress no 9 is nice option but i want to know from you as an expert
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Such a helpful video thx. Only today I managed to plant out sweet peas n green n broad beans(I know I'm late on the last ones but thought I'd try them out as never grown b4🙈) but needed to mug on peas as new to them as well. They're looking good in the cold frame too n now, thx to u,I know exactly what to do with them . My daughter is too old to fit on her childhood swing now so I cover it with string netting and grow all my climbers upp it.. Pretty handy😁 Great video👏
I am growing "Corne de Bellier" for the 2nd year now. I love it for the double usage as sugar snaps as well as for fully swollen pods. And I keep underestimating the enormius height of 2 meter, so again my trellis is to low and the plants flap over. Delicious at any state!
Not much choice of pea varieties here in Malaysia. I got Super Sweet Pea seeds last week and sow them together with Romano bean. This is my 1st try with beans. Winged bean and french bean seedlings are about a months old now.
I've been trying to protect my peas from the wind these past two days. Today I've loosely tied them to canes with a sort length of string, leaving them space to move.
Can you tell me how/when to harvest the shoots without interfering with the fruiting process. I have a raised bed in zone 6b and they're just starting to throw out tendrils. These are regular green peas. I started them in the raised bed. Thank you!
You cut pea shoots once the shoots reach about 4-6 inches in height. Cut them down to just above a lower set of leaves. They should then re-sprout, and then these should be left alone to grow on.
It's my first year growing peas. The plants look nice and healthy with plenty of flowers. My question is: how long after flowering are peas ready for harvest? I've read it can be @3 weeks or so. Well it seems like my flowers have been there forever. Is something wrong, or should I just wait longer?
Alabama weather is kinda tricky but I was able to grow peas this spring. Only problem I had was the support wasn't strong enough. My bad and lesson learned. I'm looking forward to trying a fall planting. Thanks for the tips. They were great.
Pea shoots are absolutely tasty. They can be eaten in salads or sautéed. I grow peas for pods and shelling and I also grow peas for shoots. And I am talking about pea shoots from mature plants.
Growing wonder peas and ambassador peas this year (along with two types of ornamental sweet peas). Just coming into harvest now! And a second set of both types just starting to grow their tendrils. It's been a slow start this year, (bad spring weather and cold nights) but it's been boiling for weeks here in Wales now. Water butts have spent more time empty than full!
We start our peas using the gutter method to avoid loss from voles. When using saved seeds from last year I pre-germinate them on moist paper towel in re-purposed take out food boxes. This assures high growth rates and gives us a jump start in zone 4.
Kia Ora from an ex-pat Pom from Oxford. New Zealand here. A great video. Thanks. It is now Autumn here and I have planted my first ever pea crop in pots and tubs. I grew them on in small pots, and they are off to a flying start! The variety is Early crop Massey. My question is: Will I need to add any fertilizer etc along the way? Thank you Sir.
What do you thinkt about using the framework from a broken plastic greenhouse to climb on whit som extra wiering? A cheap greenhouse 3 square meters and no plastic sheet on in som kind of steel aluminium frame.
That could work, and the extra wiring would certainly help. At the end of the day, it's still providing a means for the vines to pull themselves skyward.
Hi, thanks for this it has been really useful! I sowed my sugar snap peas 10 days ago into plug trays. When they are ready to go into the ground, do you recommend I plant each compartment at a time with some plants therefore close together, or separate every plant including the ones that are next to each other in the compartments of the trays?
Hi Ben. I’m growing some in containers after watching a video here. It said to pop two seeds in each hole in case some don’t germinate. They all have 😂 do I keep them or thin out? And if to thin , how would you do this please? Cautious about disturbing roots. Thanks
I hear you lol.......there's nothing like going out, every morning to "check everything", and returning back to the house having eaten your breakfast of strawberries, peas and spinach 😐
I grow peas in my yard but I don't know what variety. I just keep some every year and sow with them the next year. Average pod size is about 4inches. Mostly, 7-8 peas per pod. I like to pick before they get too big and woody unless they are for next years seed. I live in Las Vegas, NV; zone 9a. I have 2 growing seasons due to the oppressive heat in summer.
Great that you can squeeze in two pea crops - I guess you have to sow very early in the year to get them out before it turns hot, then again in the fall.
I'm gonna counterpoint this: I'm growing in containers (buckets with drilled holes). While I might not be as experienced as our renowned youtuber here (who I've learned so much from and don't wish to step on his toes) - My containers are about 5 feet off the ground and I've just left them to dangle over the side of the bucket they're growing in (think hanging baskets). The pods are coming through fine, and i find that having them high up prevents 70% of the slug issues.
I think my issue was starting them in my greenhouse and then replanting. However, I wasn't that gentle with the roots and I think that's the problem! I'm going to sow directly into the ground so as not to disturb them. Thank you!! We've had very mild, wet weather here in Texas and I think they will do fine before it gets too hot.
Wish I had seen this video before painting lots of varieties of peas and some broad beans. I had let in water first, and all had sported accept one variety. Put direct in garden, and then had cold spell -3 for a few days at night (Côte d'Azur France).. No sign of growth after 12 days, no mice or birds have had a go at them. Do you think a bad idea to have sprouted first, or do you think was the cold? Any advice welcome. Will plant in house now, but a question for the mushroom cage. Won't the soil fall out?
Not sure what has happened. Peas are pretty hardy, so a light cold snap wouldn't have affected them, but perhaps if they were very tall sprouts then the cold may have clobbered them. Definitely worth sowing again as spring is almost here now.
@@GrowVeg thanks for the reply. No all tiny sprouts, around 4/10 mm, and masses planted (bamboo, petit provencal, caraby and delikett) only one variety didn't sprout, before painting. But although watered on planting, and after week, as we have had no rain for a month, maybe to dry
Even the thick-pods of the ordinary garden pea can be eaten, and it is delicious! All you have to do is to 'break' the pod inwards, and the strip off the pargement-like inner layer, that cant be eaten, but the pods themself _can_!
Hi I love your channel 😀 I would like to grow dwarf peas in a container please could you tell me what would be the best size and how many peas is best to sow in the pot? And when is the best time for sowing outdoors in the UK avoid pea moth?
Which variety do you suggest for where I am in Northern Italy? Hard frosts until the end of Feb, then a potentially very hot summer up to 36°. I fired some in - just broadcast - in the autumn and they have all survived the frosts. It was meant to be a cover crop but now I think I may grow them on instead of digging them back in.
Hi Colin. You're climate is quite different, so I've no experience of varieties specific for you. That said, I thoroughly recommend the Franchi Sementi seeds, which are of Italian varieties: franchisementi.it I shop them through the UK-based website: seedsofitaly.com/seed/beans-peas-corn/
I just harvested my first sugar snap peas this morning, but when I ate them, they were a bit tough, stringy, and even a little spicy! The actual peas weren’t very big. Do I need to let them go longer?
Sugar snap peas are usually harvested when the peas are very tiny - before they have properly formed - as it's really the lovely crisp pod that you're after. Perhaps the pods have been left a touch too long? They shouldn't be stringy, which makes me think they might be a little past their best.
Hi ben hope you can help me i planted out about 50 pea plants out last weekend and covered them with fleece this morning i removed the fleece to see how they were doing i was devestated half of them were dead cut off by something at ground level have you any ideas what may have done it and if so any remedies thank you for any reply john
My best guess is cutworm John. I'm sorry about your loss - this is very frustrating but there should be time to sow again: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/cutworm/
Loved this video. Can you tell me more about using a mushroom box to prevent mouse and pigeon depradation. I have fish boxes I could use. But how does the compost stay in the box, please?
Hi Sarah. Just growing peas under cover will help to reduce pigeon and mouse damage - assuming they can't get in and at your seeds/seedlings. The mushroom box is simply lined before filling with your potting mix. I used very thin/fine weed cloth/hanging basket liner for this. Thinking about it though, you could just as easily and successfully use a few sheets of newspaper for this, no problem.
I usually don't like eating peas but I planted them anyway for stews. I am so excited about how lush and happy they are - and growing so fast. Never thought I'd be so excited to eat some peas.
Spoken like a true gardener - good on you!
I'll be growing some this year. 😂😂😂😂
Thank you , you are so much clearer than other TH-camrs as you state WHEN to grow , when to Harvvest and loads of other great tips . Thank you for covering EVERYTHING I need in one short video ☺ your little friend snuggling up to you was a bonus 🤗🐶🌻
So pleased this video has been helpful. :-)
I have felt the same way about Ben himself, his delivery of information & knowledge of gardening from A to Z. Some others seem to have a children’s show presentation style, like Sesame Street or maybe Blue Peter(?). I love Ben’s non condescending delivery and I also love seeing Rosie running around ‘helping’. 😀
One of the biggest memories from my childhood, fields of garden peas in our collective farms in village, me , sister and friends munching on the peas and collecting some for home. Some times dad will bring it for the cows, but before he will give it to them I’ll make nests out of garden pea plant, I’ll seat inside it collecting some of the peas and enjoy the sunshine. What a childhood we had😍
You are one of the best in my book
Some of my earliest memories were opening pods and eating fresh peas with dad from the garden, love em!
Beautiful aren't they!
Thank you for excellent advice, again lovely to see your beautiful dog helping.
The first time I've seen purple peas...they're gorgeous! I promptly bought some online for this fall's planting!
They are stunners aren't they!
I just planted peas for the firs time. My wife, son and I don't love them but I wanted to try them. We'll use them in stir fry cookings. Nice video.
So excited just started gardening and my pea plants are looking great, cant wait for the fruit!
Hello Ben, thank you for a nother great Video. I grow garden peas in the raised bed and snap peas in windowbox Containers again this year. This is great when there is only little space. I hang them on the side of the raised bed. My beds are 80 cm to 1 m high, and I stick cutoffs from blackberries in the side of the raised bed for the peas to grow on. The only thing to think off when growing peas in windowboxes is, they need a lot more water and feeding since they only have a little bit of earth to grow in. But its a great way for little spaces and you still get a lot of peas. Have a wonderful Weekend. Greetings from the very rainy Münsterland. 🙋🏼♀️🙂
Thanks for sharing those experiences Marie. Have a wonderful weekend too - happy gardening!
I’m from Lancashire and black/Carlin peas with salt and vinegar are amazing in the dark nights they remind me of old days with my Nan around a fire . I’m desperate to grow these and have ordered some dry ones on Amazon so really hoping I manage it so we can have homegrown black peas when the summer is over ❤️
I hope they grow well for you Siobhan.
We live in Loftus a small town in North Yorkshire and we had “Carlin Sunday “ dad used to fry them in fat that bacon had been fried in . Salt and vinegar and wow those were the days… you don’t really hear of it now it’s sad.
I like ur cute doggy I am growing peas and it’s usually 90-80 here right now and they r still doing very well:)
Wow - they're doing well in that heat!
I know have hope for my peas planted just a month ago, thanks lessons tken
I live in Alberta, Canada, so I sew green arrow. They are amazing! Love your video’s and find them soooo helpful! Thanks so much!
Thanks for watching Shelley.
Always packed with useful info--thank you!
Thank you, this was great! I live in Maryland and have been gardening more, you shared wonderful tips.
So pleased to hear that Trish. :-)
Thank you, great video. So they are grown, now to create a nice recipe, cheers, Bren😍
You're very welcome. :-)
Thank you Ben! Love your vids. Chock full of great info.
This channel is superb, this is the first year I’ve grown peas and so far so good 🤞 they’ll survive if this rain and wind stops
Same here!
Thanks for this video Ben and it's going to be helpful because I do plan to grow my own peas.
I love peas I think I’ll be able to harvest them today we have been waiting and waiting lol.
Great to be harvesting them already!
Hi. Shout out from South Africa, I'm growing snow peas, they growing very well, just weeks to harvest. Thanks for always sharing your garden tips
You're very welcome. Delighted to hear your snow peas are doing so well. :-)
Great information for me growing pea's... Thanks
Thanks Ben appreciate your advise given my peas ready now to go out 👍
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As you are probably aware by now, I'm a big fan of SFG in raised beds.
due to the constraints of a square foot, I have found a dwarf habit variety of pea suited to SFG.
Half Pint; this plant grows only 8" or 20cm tall, plant four per square foot, succession grow between four raised beds. No staking required.
Too many peas to eat fresh, blanching and freezing is on my calendar yet again.
Keep the vids coming Ben, I found your channel earlier this year and I'm currently binge watching each evening.
That's a great recommendation, thank you. Glad you're binge watching - hope you're all set for the growing season! :-)
Been growing peas since my uncle learned me when I was young. I'm now 29 and I've learned my children how to grow them. I use ash from bbq and fires seems to do the plants wonders
That's really great to hear - so satisfying to be able to pass on knowledge like that.
@@GrowVeg thank you for kind reply. Have a great year all the best to you and your family.
Just a little too.
Since your uncle taught you I think you mean.
The teacher teaches the student learns. No one can learn you or learn for you.
Sorry it’s not a growing tip.
Thank you for sharing your story though. It’s great when family teaches you and then in turn you teach your family. Excellent!
@@annefricker8474 For someone concerned with correctness I have to point out it’s impolite to correct someone -especially publicly. Your comment wasn’t necessary-and neither is this one. Again, just let it go, we all understand what they were saying. You don’t know what cultural background they came from. My grandmother came from Czechoslovakia and would always get her feelings hurt when us kids would correct her English. Please be thoughtful of other people.
Zone 10a,10b we love them.Well done
I planted two varieties in May (Hurst Green Shaft / Sugar Lace) it seemed to be a colder June however I have just taken my first pea harvest and the Sugar Lace seemed to taste that bit sweeter. Great video, I never realised you can get more than one harvest.
Good production of the video! Love GrowVeg as a resource!
Thanks so much for watching. :-)
Enjoyable video, as always, Thanks from Australia,
Thanks for watching Vivienne. :-)
My favourite is Kelvedon wonder 😋
I grow Hurst Green shaft successionally. The trick is to make the 1st planting at the North side (in the Northern hemisphere), then the next more to the South and so on. I aim to get 3 months of harvest this way.
Thanks you are in the know about all
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We love the super sugar snap peas. Its like candy from the garden. My kids and I love eating them fresh from the vine while enjoying time outdoors.
I've never tried them before but have a pack of seeds ready for next year for my allotment. Hopefully I can get a bumper crop!
I have been inspired by your bean supports. Despite my spritely age I ache more than I would like so I find ways to make things easier. I have 30L pots with metal mesh held outwards in a V shape, lashed onto bamboo for support. Most of the pods shall be dangling freely and I can keep on top of them better.
Thanks for your channel.
What a great idea. Sounds superb! :-)
@@GrowVegI took your advice of starting them in smaller pots then transferred the plants once at a decent size. I will update you later in the year on this comment.
Don't be offended when I say you are the river cottage of gardening. You are not intrusive with intros, relaxing to watch and your enthusiasm is infectious.
May the algorithms be forever in your favour. ☮️
Hello thank you for all your information my favorite variety to grow is sweetsalome.
I love peas! Just sown mine!!
First ever try peas. Gardenshaft variety hope will be ok.
love fresh peas 😋 sure my little one will too.
Hope they grow well for you - enjoy!
Great info vid, Ben.
I am growing Show Perfection, Hurst Greenshaft, Ne Plus Ultra, and Kelvedon Wonder for podding peas this year plus some sugar snaps as well -- yes, I like peas LOL
Top man - you can never have enough peas to be fair!
Great video thank you. I'm waiting for my sugar snap seeds to arrive in the mail. Just built my DIY trellis today. Looking forward to the little journey :)
You've got a fab journey ahead - enjoy!
I am trying to plant peas 1 week ago.
You sir earned a new sub! great video well explained thank you for this!😃
Thank you so much. A very warm welcome to the channel!
My grandpa used to grow them, so my grandma could make her famous Friesian peasoup in the winter. Im thinking of planting peas coming spring as well. My dad said its a lot of work, especially harvesting and drying them, but the peasoup will taste so much better than if we make it with peas from the supermarket.. 👌
Garden, grown, always tastes best!
Mid Autumn here in Australia. I’ve just planted peas, carrots, garlic, cauliflower, broccoli and spinach. Interesting times ahead.
Great to get all that in the ground - some delicious crops there.
I had a huge custom bay window installed in my kitchen. It faces south. I have a Zone 4 growing season, we live ontop a mountain in Northern Pennsylvania. I also recently am disabled, unable to go into the sun or exert much muscle energy. With that said, I started an indoor garden, with aid from grow lamps in this window. The sun only shines about 8 hours a day in winter, we need the grow lamps to lengthen the ‘sun shine’ to about 14 hours. I have long benches and pots outside, near the house, next to the hose. This way I can tend to plants wearing jeans, long shirt, and hat, and without needing to bend over much. Right now my indoor peas, which have only started to grow, look like porcupines. I had to add chopsticks and bamboo skewers all around my plants to keep the cat out. Lol. They are growing slower than expected, I will be adding more strips of grow lights, which will add warmth and brighter lighting. This may help. I like this method of gardening, zero bugs. The last frost is May 15th, and then I can move the plants outside onto my benches, then start new seedlings in the house again. Yes, I plan on dehydrating all my veggies, storing them in cans in my basement. I have a long container of alpine strawberries, 150 days old. We will transplant them outside, into the ground, my husband will create a ‘cage’ for them to keep wild animals out. I love dehydrated strawberries, they are fun to munch on. 😃
I bet those dehydrated strawberries are like candy!
I have never tried dehydrating strawberries before. Usually, I use the food dryer for wild mushrooms, and once for watermelon - but I will give the strawbs a go this year. Sounds good.
Great information! Thank you!
Love to see the use of the cradle, I recycled the frames of our cot for runner beans + tied a piece of string about 4ft apart, they climbed and I encouraged growth along the string, great produce results + visually impressive against a grey boring wall, this is a fantastic channel!
What a great idea!
I like Kelvedon wonder.
I am growing Little Marvel (some in a recycled polystyrene box in the greenhouse, and some straight into the veg plot). The height of Little Marvel helps given our general tendency to windy weather in Orkney. And I'm trying Oregon Snow Pod this year as an experiment in the veg plot.
I bet you get some formidable winds up in Orkney!
@@GrowVeg can you tell which peas variety is considered the most tasty and rich in flavor..?? I heard progress no 9 is nice option but i want to know from you as an expert
Thank you so much for this awesome video...
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Thank you so much - it's a real joy to have you watch too. :)
Dude, that video was amazing! You just got yourself a new subscriber!
Nice one Darron - a very warm welcome to you!
Excellent video and have now subscribed. Do young growing pea shoots get eaten by the birds can I ask?
Yes, they can get eaten by the birds, so if you find that happening, perhaps cover them with row cover/fleece until they're a bit bigger.
Such a helpful video thx. Only today I managed to plant out sweet peas n green n broad beans(I know I'm late on the last ones but thought I'd try them out as never grown b4🙈) but needed to mug on peas as new to them as well. They're looking good in the cold frame too n now, thx to u,I know exactly what to do with them . My daughter is too old to fit on her childhood swing now so I cover it with string netting and grow all my climbers upp it.. Pretty handy😁 Great video👏
What an ingenious way to reuse the swing!
I am growing "Corne de Bellier" for the 2nd year now. I love it for the double usage as sugar snaps as well as for fully swollen pods. And I keep underestimating the enormius height of 2 meter, so again my trellis is to low and the plants flap over. Delicious at any state!
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Excellent presentation!
Growing snow peas for the first time.😊 not much yield because not enough sun. But I will try again this fall in a spot with 6-8 hrs of sun.
Hope you get a good crop when you do try them again. :-)
Not much choice of pea varieties here in Malaysia. I got Super Sweet Pea seeds last week and sow them together with Romano bean. This is my 1st try with beans. Winged bean and french bean seedlings are about a months old now.
I've been trying to protect my peas from the wind these past two days. Today I've loosely tied them to canes with a sort length of string, leaving them space to move.
Can you tell me how/when to harvest the shoots without interfering with the fruiting process. I have a raised bed in zone 6b and they're just starting to throw out tendrils. These are regular green peas. I started them in the raised bed. Thank you!
You cut pea shoots once the shoots reach about 4-6 inches in height. Cut them down to just above a lower set of leaves. They should then re-sprout, and then these should be left alone to grow on.
It's my first year growing peas. The plants look nice and healthy with plenty of flowers. My question is: how long after flowering are peas ready for harvest? I've read it can be @3 weeks or so. Well it seems like my flowers have been there forever. Is something wrong, or should I just wait longer?
It may just be a question of patience. They do produce pods eventually - in the meantime enjoy the flower show.
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Alabama weather is kinda tricky but I was able to grow peas this spring. Only problem I had was the support wasn't strong enough. My bad and lesson learned. I'm looking forward to trying a fall planting. Thanks for the tips. They were great.
My fall peas always do better than my spring. We seem go straight from winter to summer and skip spring 😔
I hope your fall peas are a big success for you Lynn.
Thank you
Hi Ben more video's yes peas .
Haha - very good Graeme, very good!
Pea shoots are absolutely tasty. They can be eaten in salads or sautéed. I grow peas for pods and shelling and I also grow peas for shoots. And I am talking about pea shoots from mature plants.
That's a good idea - it's never occurred to me to just harvest them from mature plants!
I tried peas for the first time early in 2022 and my peas are flowerin with pods about as long as my finger and btw they are the garden pea variety
So pleased they are growing well for you.
Growing wonder peas and ambassador peas this year (along with two types of ornamental sweet peas). Just coming into harvest now! And a second set of both types just starting to grow their tendrils. It's been a slow start this year, (bad spring weather and cold nights) but it's been boiling for weeks here in Wales now. Water butts have spent more time empty than full!
I know the feeling! Grateful for recent rain and hope you're getting some also.
We start our peas using the gutter method to avoid loss from voles. When using saved seeds from last year I pre-germinate them on moist paper towel in re-purposed take out food boxes. This assures high growth rates and gives us a jump start in zone 4.
That's a great idea!
Nice one.
Ate my first peas today I love it ❤ also my leaves have white stuff on it how do I get rid of it?
That sounds like it could be powdery mildew. More on that here: www.rhs.org.uk/disease/powdery-mildews
Kia Ora from an ex-pat Pom from Oxford. New Zealand here. A great video. Thanks. It is now Autumn here and I have planted my first ever pea crop in pots and tubs. I grew them on in small pots, and they are off to a flying start! The variety is Early crop Massey. My question is: Will I need to add any fertilizer etc along the way? Thank you Sir.
Kia ora! If the compost you’ve used is fresh then you will probably be fine and no extra fertiliser will be needed.
Thank you for the video.
What do you thinkt about using the framework from a broken plastic greenhouse to climb on whit som extra wiering? A cheap greenhouse 3 square meters and no plastic sheet on in som kind of steel aluminium frame.
That could work, and the extra wiring would certainly help. At the end of the day, it's still providing a means for the vines to pull themselves skyward.
Hi, thanks for this it has been really useful! I sowed my sugar snap peas 10 days ago into plug trays. When they are ready to go into the ground, do you recommend I plant each compartment at a time with some plants therefore close together, or separate every plant including the ones that are next to each other in the compartments of the trays?
I would plant them together, with each plug as it is, unseparated.
great advice!😊
Hi Ben. I’m growing some in containers after watching a video here. It said to pop two seeds in each hole in case some don’t germinate. They all have 😂 do I keep them or thin out? And if to thin , how would you do this please? Cautious about disturbing roots. Thanks
I would just leave them unthinned and plant them as they are. :-)
I grow lots of peas on my allotment every year. I don't think I've ever managed to get any home - and I hide all the empty pods in the compost heap.
Haha - that's a common situation there Pam, I wouldn't worry!
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I hear you lol.......there's nothing like going out, every morning to "check everything", and returning back to the house having eaten your breakfast of strawberries, peas and spinach 😐
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My dogs used to steal them till we caught him at it.
I grow peas in my yard but I don't know what variety. I just keep some every year and sow with them the next year. Average pod size is about 4inches. Mostly, 7-8 peas per pod. I like to pick before they get too big and woody unless they are for next years seed. I live in Las Vegas, NV; zone 9a. I have 2 growing seasons due to the oppressive heat in summer.
Great that you can squeeze in two pea crops - I guess you have to sow very early in the year to get them out before it turns hot, then again in the fall.
How important is it to support them?
Is there a big diffrence in production between supported/unsupported peas?
Yes. Unsupported peas just flop onto the ground where they can nibbled at by slugs. The lack of air and light will also lead to a poorer crop.
I'm gonna counterpoint this: I'm growing in containers (buckets with drilled holes). While I might not be as experienced as our renowned youtuber here (who I've learned so much from and don't wish to step on his toes) - My containers are about 5 feet off the ground and I've just left them to dangle over the side of the bucket they're growing in (think hanging baskets).
The pods are coming through fine, and i find that having them high up prevents 70% of the slug issues.
I was a little surprised with how easy they are to sproat, almost had too many plants this year.
They're a great veggie to grow for this reason. :-)
I like the taste of Kelvadon wonder
Pea 'Meteor' very hardy dwarf sown in the UK Febuary and are ready now end of May even though April was more like January.
Great recommendation - that's a very solid variety.
Hi Ben, do you recommend to cut the flowers as they appear?
Hi Edith. The pods should be harvested as they appear, yes. But don't cut off the flowers as they will produce the bean pods.
I think my issue was starting them in my greenhouse and then replanting. However, I wasn't that gentle with the roots and I think that's the problem! I'm going to sow directly into the ground so as not to disturb them. Thank you!! We've had very mild, wet weather here in Texas and I think they will do fine before it gets too hot.
Yes, sow them when it's cool. Sowing direct works well too a lot of the time.
Wish I had seen this video before painting lots of varieties of peas and some broad beans. I had let in water first, and all had sported accept one variety. Put direct in garden, and then had cold spell -3 for a few days at night (Côte d'Azur France).. No sign of growth after 12 days, no mice or birds have had a go at them. Do you think a bad idea to have sprouted first, or do you think was the cold? Any advice welcome. Will plant in house now, but a question for the mushroom cage. Won't the soil fall out?
Not sure what has happened. Peas are pretty hardy, so a light cold snap wouldn't have affected them, but perhaps if they were very tall sprouts then the cold may have clobbered them. Definitely worth sowing again as spring is almost here now.
@@GrowVeg thanks for the reply. No all tiny sprouts, around 4/10 mm, and masses planted (bamboo, petit provencal, caraby and delikett) only one variety didn't sprout, before painting. But although watered on planting, and after week, as we have had no rain for a month, maybe to dry
What soil do we use ?
Great video as usual... have always grown Kelvendon wonder, always reliable, but this year ( I forgot to buy them if I'm honest) I'm trying meteor.
I think you'll enjoy Meteor too. Good luck with them.
Even the thick-pods of the ordinary garden pea can be eaten, and it is delicious!
All you have to do is to 'break' the pod inwards, and the strip off the pargement-like inner layer, that cant be eaten, but the pods themself _can_!
Hi I love your channel 😀 I would like to grow dwarf peas in a container please could you tell me what would be the best size and how many peas is best to sow in the pot? And when is the best time for sowing outdoors in the UK avoid pea moth?
This article gives a really great summary on growing peas in pots. letsgrowcook.co.uk/grow-peas-in-pots/
I’m new at gardening. Do you prune at the base of a pea plant?
No, just leave the peas as they are to grow on. Once they stop producing peas the whole plant can be removed to the compost heap.
Which variety do you suggest for where I am in Northern Italy? Hard frosts until the end of Feb, then a potentially very hot summer up to 36°. I fired some in - just broadcast - in the autumn and they have all survived the frosts. It was meant to be a cover crop but now I think I may grow them on instead of digging them back in.
Hi Colin. You're climate is quite different, so I've no experience of varieties specific for you. That said, I thoroughly recommend the Franchi Sementi seeds, which are of Italian varieties: franchisementi.it I shop them through the UK-based website: seedsofitaly.com/seed/beans-peas-corn/
My pea's have just started to flower. How long from flowering do the pods become visable?.
It depends, but usually you'll see the young pod beginning to form within about two weeks of flowering.
I love snap or marrowfat peas ... and juice the shell.
Juice the shell? Interesting!
@@GrowVeg Mix it in with your other greens in your green juice.
The best product for powdery mildew is mycostop. It's natural.
I just harvested my first sugar snap peas this morning, but when I ate them, they were a bit tough, stringy, and even a little spicy! The actual peas weren’t very big. Do I need to let them go longer?
Sugar snap peas are usually harvested when the peas are very tiny - before they have properly formed - as it's really the lovely crisp pod that you're after. Perhaps the pods have been left a touch too long? They shouldn't be stringy, which makes me think they might be a little past their best.
Hi ben hope you can help me i planted out about 50 pea plants out last weekend and covered them with fleece this morning i removed the fleece to see how they were doing i was devestated half of them were dead cut off by something at ground level have you any ideas what may have done it and if so any remedies thank you for any reply john
My best guess is cutworm John. I'm sorry about your loss - this is very frustrating but there should be time to sow again: www.growveg.com/pests/us-and-canada/cutworm/
Loved this video. Can you tell me more about using a mushroom box to prevent mouse and pigeon depradation. I have fish boxes I could use. But how does the compost stay in the box, please?
Hi Sarah. Just growing peas under cover will help to reduce pigeon and mouse damage - assuming they can't get in and at your seeds/seedlings. The mushroom box is simply lined before filling with your potting mix. I used very thin/fine weed cloth/hanging basket liner for this. Thinking about it though, you could just as easily and successfully use a few sheets of newspaper for this, no problem.