Just a heads up, the common mycorrhizal inoculant "Xtreme Gardening: Mykos" does not contain any nitrogen fixing bacteria that would colonize the pea roots. It only contains Rhizophagus irregularis, which is an arbuscular mycorrhizae species, which is a beneficial fungus that studies have shown can help increase phosphorous uptake in plants. Which is great stuff and I use it myself, and I have no doubt that it has increased your yields. If you would like to innoculate the peas, make sure you're getting Rhizobium leguminosarum, because that is the bacteria species that forms the nodules on the pea roots and fixes atmospheric nitrogen. Like you said, there are a ton of different beneficial microbe brands out there, so you might be using something else, but it's a good thing for folks in general to check and understand! p.s If you'd like to check and see if your legumes are fixing nitrogen, you can gently dig up the plant and check to see if little nodules have formed on the roots. If you cut open these nodules they'll be pinkish in color due to the Leghemoglobin, which is rather similar to our own red blood's hemoglobin. A few species in Fabaceae (the legume family), such as honey locusts, don't form root nodules but still have a symbiotic relationship with Rhizobium, and still fix some nitrogen, but not as much as the nodule forming species.
I've been growing peas for 13 years (snap and snow). I pre-soak overnight (about 12 hours), plant them 1" apart, and don't inoculate (the year I experimented with it I didn't see any difference in our already high yields). We got our peas in the ground last week just before a few days of rain. My favorite snacking plant!
I’ve been growing them for two seasons now and I feel like I’m already a pro 🤣🤣 idek what kind the are 💀 shelling??? I think some were also… ugh what’re they called??? The ones that sprout beautiful purple and pink flowers…. OH SWEET PEAS!! Lolol that’s how much I know about peas 🤣 BUT my harvest this year was incredibleeeee. I hardest part about growing peas is not eating them while harvesting lmaooo. So I let majority of them die to harvest the ‘seeds’ and I harvested hundreds this year 😍 and actually.. after I harvested them and before I could rip down the vines, they sprouted tons more!!! Lol I feel like that’s another tip, harvest often!!! They sprout many more. My main goal was to harvest the seeds because I love growing them so much. It’s my favorite part. They do taste amazing tho.. so I did have to hold myself back lolol I let them vine up my house (I have bars on my windows 🥲) and they reached the roof!!! I’m in the desert tho.. so I do have to wait til peak wintertime to plant again 🥺 some years, we get just one single day of freezing here
@@thedouglaspodcast Peas have always seemed so easy for me too. But what may seem easy to some of us may be difficult for others depending on what types of pests we have to battle. Ha, I would say that the BEST part about growing peas is that you get to eat them as soon as you harvest them! It sounds like you need to plant a second bed of them so you have plenty to eat and enough to save seed from. Just one day of freezing sounds nice (I'm in southern Wisconsin).
I learn something, or ten somethings 😂, from all of your videos. I have been gardening for 15+ years with mediocre results until i started watching your videos. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge. I haven't found anyone else that is even half as helpful.
Soaked my peas for about 24 hours and planted a few weeks ago. They are about 2.5 inches now. Already knew most of the stuff from watching you last year! Zone 6b
Thanks, Luke. I'm just south of Cleveland, OH and we've had a few gorgeous days. Last night I pulled out my pea seeds. We could get a frost this weekend, but I might just soak my peas tomorrow & get them planted. They will be in a pot with a trellis in full sun. Your timing on this video is perfect!
I got my seeds from you and had a massive harvest several times Feb/Mar. We were eating them fresh and with meals. Thanks for the tips, I did space further than necessary.
My peas are looking great...already followed most tips except a good sized trellis which is easily fixed as I can extend the short one. Oregon Sugar Pod II
My pea seeds were direct sowed a week ago (not presoaked but immediately watered - I'll know next time) and today i noticed that they are are starting to sprout ... I am in Maryland btw so a bit warmer than Michigan. They are in a pot in the vegetable garden in a corner with a wire mesh fence on two sides and a tomato cage for support.
Luke, you always teach me the tips and tricks I don't know about yet! Very proud of how far my partner and I have come in three years of doing this and we owe much of it to you. Community gardens, a huge garden at home and a garden at my restaurant where I waitress! Dreams becoming reality and this year round passion is saving me from grief over the loss of my youngest brother so I guess you in turn help people like me continue living for something
I like to dirrect sow in rhe fall and they come up quickly and strong right after the snow is gone. Can't get any earlier than that. I am going to try fall sowing more crops in the future.
cilantro also worked this way for me! i put the seeds out and buried in a covered bed in about january. i want to try earlier. only rain and snow that got under the cover on them. maybe 2 weeks ago i got a zillion sprouts! it worked with spinach and chard too but those i did in february.
Being a “little pea-picker” was a term of endearment my grandfather used for his grandchildren. This was in the 1970s-1990s. It must not have been a big deal to him that “pea-picker” was a derogatory term for poor migrant farm workers during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era. Born in 1914, he never was a migrant farm worker himself, but he grew up in Oklahoma so he was well aware of the origins of the term. Entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford used the term as part of a nickname, “The Ol’ Pea-Picker Himself”.
Funny story. I had peas germinate when the ground warmed back up mid-January. These were seeds I planted back in November that never germinated! They’re doing great and we get a nice little crunchy snack every day. I just sowed some more last week and they’re all sprouting.
You just answered a couple of my problems. Soaking & spacing. I have already missed my planting window. Now I can try in late summer to fall if I remember correctly.❤
Evidently the squirrels around here haven't figured out they like peas yet! I planted last fall and still getting good harvest from the seeds i purchased from you. So simple and never had any problems with things bothering them
Last year I started growing my peas in a block of about 5-6 rows across a 4' raised bed, and it worked awesome! It requires two trellises. I find that four 6' T posts in each corner and lots of twine running back and forth as well as between the two trellises works great.
Here in So Cal zone 9b I usually grow my peas in the late fall and winter. I've never inoculated my seeds before but will try it next season. Thanks for the helpful tips!
This year I planted my English peas in flats early. Then I transplanted them on both sides of the wire when it got warm outside. I'm harvesting peas now!
I bought my seeds from in MiGardener, started my aweet peas inside the house, and had great germination rate. We planted them outside the end if March and they are doing well. I've already seen a few flowers on my plants. Thank you for all the great videos!
every year little critters (squirrels) dig up my garden as soon as i plant. this year i thought i would try to stop them. i sprayed the garden with garlic oil diluted in my sprayer the same as you would to keep mosquitos away in the lawn. i am pleasantly surprised to see no damage in my garden since i sprayed. seems to be working well and was easy to do.
I am glad I saw this video today. I planted some peas 2 weeks ago and out of 20 or so planted, only about 4 have sprouted. Scratched my head a bit... But did I soak the peas before planting? NOPE! Completely forgot to do that. 🤣 The next round of peas are soaking and will be planted in a couple of hours. I usually plant them far apart so will try planting them closer---because I never seem to get enough peas!
Last year my first pea planting(April in zone 7b)had poor germination ( soil too cold) so replanted in May, thought it was too late, but had almost perfect germination and we had peas into mid July. They were watered daily in temps over 85, misted them on really hot days, had a terrific harvest. They will germinate in 70 degree soil temp so we also grow them in the fall.
Still cool here in NJ…planted early enough didn’t know to soak ☹️. I do see them coming up now. Next planting season will definitely follow your advice.
Voles will dig under the mesh:) you can’t put mesh everywhere. And I’m in central PA, zone 7a, my peas of different kinds grew all the summer. I really don’t get why MI, that is even colder, is different… maybe all my peas got afternoon shade or grew under filtered sun
I’m going to be growing some of those too 😃. I tried some in my AeroGarden a few years ago, not knowing much about peas, and they just turned to mush…😅. Now I know better.
I usually plant in mid-May but i watched a MI Gardener video about starting the garden too late and it getting hot too fast ... As a result i planted mid April giving plants like my peas, kale, radishes etc. some cooler weather mixed with warm before it moves to hot. I'm even considering starting my tomato and bell pepper plants this weekend for the same reason (they are already in all the stores and garden centers) hoping this will help the root system grow and establish so they explode when it gets hot and dry.
LOVE PEAS! We planted heirloom "Little Marvel Peas" back in February...and are harvesting loads of peas now ! Thankfully we have never had any problems with pests getting to them before we do and I'm glad because peas are one of my top fav garden snacks!
I like to pre-germinate my peas. Keep them for a few days (5-6) with a moist paper in a ziploc bag, then I have great germination. I reckon if you leave them fully immersed for so long though you might drown them. I plant them as soon as I see the radicles getting plump and preparing to start off.
I've had poor success with peas in the past, even with inoculant. But I think the definition of what people consider "cool weather" was my definition of "cold weather" so I don't think I started them early enough!
The advice is usually "as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring" which can be as early as early March, although there is always the risk of them rotting if you get a lot of rain in the spring. Certainly no later than April 1 in most areas.
Hey Luke! Great video as always. We must have different rabbits here in MA as they eat EVERYTHING and peas are one of the first to go. Working on an auto-tracking laser defense system at this point.
I've got my peas starting to send out tendrils here in Northern Illinois. They were in the ground for a while, it got very chilly, but they look great now. I had presoaked them and coated them with inoculant so they should be happy and hearty little things. I picked Lincoln Peas and set up a teepee for them to climb.
I forget which one, but I planted one of your beans, and they sprouted so hard in just 2 days they pushed themselves out of the soil. No presoaking. I had to go push them all back down 😅 They are growing very well now.
Great info Luke! Gonna try the inoculant. What gets my seedlings in the PNW is doves and quail. They will snip off a tender sprout and leave you with nothing but stubs. I bought some wire baskets from dollar tree and they work great.
NE WA here quail and birds are also a problem. Start my peas indoors so when I transplant they are bigger than the quail will bother with.l am harding off right now will plant this weekend. Got snowed/ hailed and rained on today😜 plants are fine😊
Thank you for these helpful tips. This year I'd like to try using sunflowers as a trellis for my peas. I don't know if it will work, but my goal is to grow a living privacy screen. I would like to find plants that will climb a sunflower. I tried last year with beans and had no success. I had only slight success with pickling cucumbers.
I planted the beans that you had on your video the new beans the bush variety and they were slow germination very low germination but I did not soak them was that a mistake
I'm in Michigan and I have rabbits, but especially woodchuck/groundhogs. They will eat anything people eat, especially peas and beans, the whole plants. And they climb up onto decks and even the railings. So chicken wire might if I wrap each pot.
You don't have to just plant in the evening when the sun is going down and water immediately after planting. It will do the exact same as soaking. The sun won't bake the water out of the top and will sit soaking all night till the sun comes back up
I live in zone 9b and planted my snap peas on March 1. I only bought a starter 6 pack and was wondering why they turned yellow/brown at the bottom. Now I know!! Is it too late to plant another 6 pack In between the first plants?
Yep, it's too late. I'm in Oklahoma zone 7 and last year planted in March and just when they were flowering and putting on fruit in May they all started to die. That was when we started to get more temps in the 80s. This year, I planted in February and started harvesting over a week ago. I'm worried about them since we've been getting a lot of 80s already but not consistently days in a row.
@ginarivers3779 You might be able to plant them in the fall and through winter. Check out the pea videos from Growing in the Garden (Arizona) and Jerra's Garden (Florida). They are either zone 9 or 10.
Great video, thank you. I will soak my peas now to catch up. At my community garden there are some irritating small animals but it is pea weevils that are decimating my crop. Wondering if you have any ideas?
I started mine WAAAYYYYY too late last year. I think I got them started early enough this year, but i didnt soak. Oh well. Hopefully the soaking day and a half of rain after I planted will do the trick.
Because the nitecrawlers and slugs decimate my emerging peas, I now start in a rain gutter. Get them about 3in tall...then slide them into a furrow. It works to get past the pests.
@@canadiangemstones7636 they chew on the sprouts as they emerge. Also when I plant onions I have started from seeds, I will find the little onion greens down in the nitecrawler hole, I have to pull them out. I find onion sets upside down, pulled to the worm hole, that's before the roots hold them firm. If the dirt is bare they go after whatever is available. Back to the peas, I would find newly planted peas on top of the dirt the next morning. This would continue till the roots established, then the nibbling starts. Also the snails the size the French eat, and slugs. This is Oregon, no escaping these. The gutters solved the emerging pea problems.
Another predator is blue jays. They pull up anything new in the garden. They pulled up our onion start & lay them on the ground. They will dig up the pea seeds as well. To remedy the issue, we laid some small branches on the rows until the plants are growing, then remove the branches.
So glad to hear this. I always plant my seeds close like you said. But I always thought that I was a rebel since the seed packets say to space them further apart. (I do get good bounty when I harvest my mere 16 foot row) 2 rows this year. Should have enough for the freezer. Yum.
I haven't noticed any trouble with peas or beans and I do none of those things. Possibly slower germination in too much heat but we have such a short season in Saskatchewan we don't have much window to plant in. I for one prefer bush beans and Homesteader peas which don't seem to need to grow tall, so only need a shorter trellis. I have noticed though that they will look like they are dying back, then start a new flush at the top of the plant if it gets watered enough. It seems like they do OK even with our hotter days.
The biggest mistake I’ve made with peas is putting my trellis right down on sprouts when they popped up. It seemed to make my plants a short dense brick of pea plants that were stunted and didn’t produce well. GIVE THEM A LITTLE SPACE!!
A lot of gardeners don’t understand that young pea plants do not care about frost or snow, so there is little risk in planting this quintessential cool season crop early during the COOL season. They aren’t going to mature and start blossoming until May anyhow so if they sprout before your last frost date, they’re seriously going to be fine!
Just a heads up, the common mycorrhizal inoculant "Xtreme Gardening: Mykos" does not contain any nitrogen fixing bacteria that would colonize the pea roots. It only contains Rhizophagus irregularis, which is an arbuscular mycorrhizae species, which is a beneficial fungus that studies have shown can help increase phosphorous uptake in plants. Which is great stuff and I use it myself, and I have no doubt that it has increased your yields. If you would like to innoculate the peas, make sure you're getting Rhizobium leguminosarum, because that is the bacteria species that forms the nodules on the pea roots and fixes atmospheric nitrogen.
Like you said, there are a ton of different beneficial microbe brands out there, so you might be using something else, but it's a good thing for folks in general to check and understand!
p.s If you'd like to check and see if your legumes are fixing nitrogen, you can gently dig up the plant and check to see if little nodules have formed on the roots. If you cut open these nodules they'll be pinkish in color due to the Leghemoglobin, which is rather similar to our own red blood's hemoglobin. A few species in Fabaceae (the legume family), such as honey locusts, don't form root nodules but still have a symbiotic relationship with Rhizobium, and still fix some nitrogen, but not as much as the nodule forming species.
So what do you recommend for inoculating peas, if not Mykos?
Cool, thanks!
@lisaporria7307 they stated it, reread.
I've been growing peas for 13 years (snap and snow). I pre-soak overnight (about 12 hours), plant them 1" apart, and don't inoculate (the year I experimented with it I didn't see any difference in our already high yields). We got our peas in the ground last week just before a few days of rain. My favorite snacking plant!
Snap and Snow peas...My FAVORITE!!! 😍
I’ve been growing them for two seasons now and I feel like I’m already a pro 🤣🤣 idek what kind the are 💀 shelling??? I think some were also… ugh what’re they called??? The ones that sprout beautiful purple and pink flowers…. OH SWEET PEAS!! Lolol that’s how much I know about peas 🤣
BUT my harvest this year was incredibleeeee. I hardest part about growing peas is not eating them while harvesting lmaooo. So I let majority of them die to harvest the ‘seeds’ and I harvested hundreds this year 😍 and actually.. after I harvested them and before I could rip down the vines, they sprouted tons more!!! Lol I feel like that’s another tip, harvest often!!! They sprout many more.
My main goal was to harvest the seeds because I love growing them so much. It’s my favorite part. They do taste amazing tho.. so I did have to hold myself back lolol I let them vine up my house (I have bars on my windows 🥲) and they reached the roof!!! I’m in the desert tho.. so I do have to wait til peak wintertime to plant again 🥺 some years, we get just one single day of freezing here
I got mine in the ground just before some rainy days as well and germination was perfect.
@@salpine It's a great feeling!
@@thedouglaspodcast Peas have always seemed so easy for me too. But what may seem easy to some of us may be difficult for others depending on what types of pests we have to battle. Ha, I would say that the BEST part about growing peas is that you get to eat them as soon as you harvest them! It sounds like you need to plant a second bed of them so you have plenty to eat and enough to save seed from. Just one day of freezing sounds nice (I'm in southern Wisconsin).
I learn something, or ten somethings 😂, from all of your videos. I have been gardening for 15+ years with mediocre results until i started watching your videos. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge. I haven't found anyone else that is even half as helpful.
Even though you've already got like 3 or 4 other "how to grow pea" videos, I really appreciate that you keep making new ones.
People keep asking LOL Most forget or dont know how to search... and new folks always coming in :-)
Soaked my peas for about 24 hours and planted a few weeks ago. They are about 2.5 inches now. Already knew most of the stuff from watching you last year!
Zone 6b
Thanks, Luke. I'm just south of Cleveland, OH and we've had a few gorgeous days. Last night I pulled out my pea seeds. We could get a frost this weekend, but I might just soak my peas tomorrow & get them planted. They will be in a pot with a trellis in full sun. Your timing on this video is perfect!
I got my seeds from you and had a massive harvest several times Feb/Mar. We were eating them fresh and with meals. Thanks for the tips, I did space further than necessary.
Thank you! You answered questions I didn’t know I had.
My peas are looking great...already followed most tips except a good sized trellis which is easily fixed as I can extend the short one. Oregon Sugar Pod II
My pea seeds were direct sowed a week ago (not presoaked but immediately watered - I'll know next time) and today i noticed that they are are starting to sprout ... I am in Maryland btw so a bit warmer than Michigan.
They are in a pot in the vegetable garden in a corner with a wire mesh fence on two sides and a tomato cage for support.
It is a big pot ... My veg garden isn't that huge.
i stopped soaking peas, i noticed no difference when i experimented with it.
@@gohabs9 If you soak too long the peas fall apart.
@@gohabs9 ... thanks good to know.
I soak overnight then drain and put in moist paper towel till they pre sprout. @@gohabs9
I've never grown peas but will do so this year, and I'll be sure to try what I saw in the video.
Luke, you always teach me the tips and tricks I don't know about yet! Very proud of how far my partner and I have come in three years of doing this and we owe much of it to you. Community gardens, a huge garden at home and a garden at my restaurant where I waitress! Dreams becoming reality and this year round passion is saving me from grief over the loss of my youngest brother so I guess you in turn help people like me continue living for something
I like to dirrect sow in rhe fall and they come up quickly and strong right after the snow is gone. Can't get any earlier than that. I am going to try fall sowing more crops in the future.
cilantro also worked this way for me! i put the seeds out and buried in a covered bed in about january. i want to try earlier. only rain and snow that got under the cover on them. maybe 2 weeks ago i got a zillion sprouts! it worked with spinach and chard too but those i did in february.
I might try that this fall. I'm surprised a big seed like a pea seed does not rot over the winter.
Yay! Thank you for the tips! You always help my garden grow big!😊
Planting today!
Thank you! Was just about to plant my peas and onions today. Peas just got put in water and will wait 4 hours! Thanks again.
I haven't had a vegetable garden for a long time, and this was a great reminder of how to get the most peas possible! Thanks.
Got my peas from you the other day. Planting for later harvest this year. Cannot wait! ❤
Being a “little pea-picker” was a term of endearment my grandfather used for his grandchildren. This was in the 1970s-1990s. It must not have been a big deal to him that “pea-picker” was a derogatory term for poor migrant farm workers during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era.
Born in 1914, he never was a migrant farm worker himself, but he grew up in Oklahoma so he was well aware of the origins of the term. Entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford used the term as part of a nickname, “The Ol’ Pea-Picker Himself”.
Got my peas soaked and direct sowed a week and a half ago. Super excited as a trellis is already in place!
I finally planted peas densely this year. Hoping it works out. Thanks Luke for reinforcing my planting plan.
Funny story. I had peas germinate when the ground warmed back up mid-January. These were seeds I planted back in November that never germinated! They’re doing great and we get a nice little crunchy snack every day. I just sowed some more last week and they’re all sprouting.
I've not had germination issuss the past two ysars. This year I've had 2 sprouts up. So I'll try soaking my peas and planting more!
Thank you Luke. Always enjoy your videos and learn from you.
You just answered a couple of my problems. Soaking & spacing. I have already missed my planting window. Now I can try in late summer to fall if I remember correctly.❤
I soak for 24 hours, put them in a container on top of a wet paper towel for another day or two until I see a tail grow. I get 100% germination.
Wow! That’s way more than I ever plant! Thanks for the tip!
Evidently the squirrels around here haven't figured out they like peas yet! I planted last fall and still getting good harvest from the seeds i purchased from you. So simple and never had any problems with things bothering them
Last year I started growing my peas in a block of about 5-6 rows across a 4' raised bed, and it worked awesome! It requires two trellises. I find that four 6' T posts in each corner and lots of twine running back and forth as well as between the two trellises works great.
Thank you luke 😊 ive never planted peas now, maybe next year since I'm to late this year.you make things so much easier ❤
Perfect timing for me! NE Nevada I'm sowing peas today and I happen to have a bag of Mykos on hand. Thanks so much!
Here in So Cal zone 9b I usually grow my peas in the late fall and winter. I've never inoculated my seeds before but will try it next season. Thanks for the helpful tips!
The only thing I did was dense plant. I put them in the ground over a month ago. they are trellising and I am excited!!
I need a celery root video
This year I planted my English peas in flats early. Then I transplanted them on both sides of the wire when it got warm outside. I'm harvesting peas now!
I bought my seeds from in MiGardener, started my aweet peas inside the house, and had great germination rate. We planted them outside the end if March and they are doing well. I've already seen a few flowers on my plants. Thank you for all the great videos!
Where are you located that you planted in March?
every year little critters (squirrels) dig up my garden as soon as i plant. this year i thought i would try to stop them. i sprayed the garden with garlic oil diluted in my sprayer the same as you would to keep mosquitos away in the lawn. i am pleasantly surprised to see no damage in my garden since i sprayed. seems to be working well and was easy to do.
Where did you get garlic oil and how do you mix it? what kind of ratio?
Awesome info that explains why i dont get many peas. Thank you!
I am glad I saw this video today.
I planted some peas 2 weeks ago and out of 20 or so planted, only about 4 have sprouted. Scratched my head a bit...
But did I soak the peas before planting? NOPE! Completely forgot to do that. 🤣
The next round of peas are soaking and will be planted in a couple of hours. I usually plant them far apart so will try planting them closer---because I never seem to get enough peas!
Last year my first pea planting(April in zone 7b)had poor germination ( soil too cold) so replanted in May, thought it was too late, but had almost perfect germination and we had peas into mid July. They were watered daily in temps over 85, misted them on really hot days, had a terrific harvest. They will germinate in 70 degree soil temp so we also grow them in the fall.
Still cool here in NJ…planted early enough didn’t know to soak ☹️. I do see them coming up now. Next planting season will definitely follow your advice.
Voles will dig under the mesh:) you can’t put mesh everywhere.
And I’m in central PA, zone 7a, my peas of different kinds grew all the summer. I really don’t get why MI, that is even colder, is different… maybe all my peas got afternoon shade or grew under filtered sun
Thank you! Great suggestions. I've never raised Peas before. I will now give them a try, 👍
Growing Tom Thumb bush type peas.
I’m going to be growing some of those too 😃. I tried some in my AeroGarden a few years ago, not knowing much about peas, and they just turned to mush…😅. Now I know better.
I usually plant in mid-May but i watched a MI Gardener video about starting the garden too late and it getting hot too fast ... As a result i planted mid April giving plants like my peas, kale, radishes etc. some cooler weather mixed with warm before it moves to hot.
I'm even considering starting my tomato and bell pepper plants this weekend for the same reason (they are already in all the stores and garden centers) hoping this will help the root system grow and establish so they explode when it gets hot and dry.
LOVE PEAS! We planted heirloom "Little Marvel Peas" back in February...and are harvesting loads of peas now ! Thankfully we have never had any problems with pests getting to them before we do and I'm glad because peas are one of my top fav garden snacks!
You taught me a ton about peas so Thank You!
Grew some last year, was okay, but I'm going to do this with your advice this year. Also using a cattle panel for trellis.
Brilliant. Thanks, Luke!!
I like to pre-germinate my peas. Keep them for a few days (5-6) with a moist paper in a ziploc bag, then I have great germination. I reckon if you leave them fully immersed for so long though you might drown them. I plant them as soon as I see the radicles getting plump and preparing to start off.
I've had poor success with peas in the past, even with inoculant. But I think the definition of what people consider "cool weather" was my definition of "cold weather" so I don't think I started them early enough!
The advice is usually "as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring" which can be as early as early March, although there is always the risk of them rotting if you get a lot of rain in the spring. Certainly no later than April 1 in most areas.
I love ALL MIgardener videos!
I was just getting ready to soak my peas when this video popped up. Thanks
I always presoak my seeds in a dish with a south facing up magnet underneath. It helps germination immensely!
Hey Luke! Great video as always. We must have different rabbits here in MA as they eat EVERYTHING and peas are one of the first to go. Working on an auto-tracking laser defense system at this point.
Would the mycorrhizae that develop in wood chip mulch serve similarly as an inoculant?
What species of mycorrhizae develop in wood chips? Thanks 🙏
I've got my peas starting to send out tendrils here in Northern Illinois. They were in the ground for a while, it got very chilly, but they look great now. I had presoaked them and coated them with inoculant so they should be happy and hearty little things. I picked Lincoln Peas and set up a teepee for them to climb.
I forget which one, but I planted one of your beans, and they sprouted so hard in just 2 days they pushed themselves out of the soil. No presoaking. I had to go push them all back down 😅 They are growing very well now.
This is a very warm April in Michigan.
And the coolest for the rest of our lives
@@Mighty_Atheismo I hope not lol even though it’s lovely
Plant 2 to 3 times. I still have fresh in the freezer from last year. Thanks Luke.
Great info Luke! Gonna try the inoculant. What gets my seedlings in the PNW is doves and quail. They will snip off a tender sprout and leave you with nothing but stubs. I bought some wire baskets from dollar tree and they work great.
NE WA here quail and birds are also a problem. Start my peas indoors so when I transplant they are bigger than the quail will bother with.l am harding off right now will plant this weekend. Got snowed/ hailed and rained on today😜 plants are fine😊
Thank you for these helpful tips. This year I'd like to try using sunflowers as a trellis for my peas. I don't know if it will work, but my goal is to grow a living privacy screen. I would like to find plants that will climb a sunflower. I tried last year with beans and had no success. I had only slight success with pickling cucumbers.
On my second round of peas here In cali Bay Area 😊
Too soon to plant here, still might be getting snow. Birds like to eat the tender shoots here so I need to keep netting on them until harvest.
I planted the beans that you had on your video the new beans the bush variety and they were slow germination very low germination but I did not soak them was that a mistake
Thank you!
weather didn't permit any earlier too much rain and i didnt know about thick planting
I'm in Michigan and I have rabbits, but especially woodchuck/groundhogs. They will eat anything people eat, especially peas and beans, the whole plants. And they climb up onto decks and even the railings. So chicken wire might if I wrap each pot.
Have you done a test of Mycos treated vs a non-treated planting of peas to see if it is actually more effective?
I've had good success and do most of your tips, but I'll try the mycorrhizal this year. I'm planting next week so very timely. Thanks.
Thank you!!
hello from 7b just ate the first pod of my sugar snaps this morning.
Luke,
Good advice--thank you. 😊
I never knew to soak them!
You don't have to just plant in the evening when the sun is going down and water immediately after planting. It will do the exact same as soaking. The sun won't bake the water out of the top and will sit soaking all night till the sun comes back up
Great video with good info, but next year do it earlier. Warm spring and I'm already harvesting my peas. 💚
FYI: Legumes get Nitrogen thanks to bacteria known as Rhizobia. Mycorrhizal fungi are also beneficial, but more for Phosphorous than N.
Thank you for sharing 👍
Thanks 🙏🙂
Are you past your last frost date? If not, are there are plants to can be grown?
I live in zone 9b and planted my snap peas on March 1. I only bought a starter 6 pack and was wondering why they turned yellow/brown at the bottom. Now I know!! Is it too late to plant another 6 pack In between the first plants?
Yep, it's too late. I'm in Oklahoma zone 7 and last year planted in March and just when they were flowering and putting on fruit in May they all started to die. That was when we started to get more temps in the 80s. This year, I planted in February and started harvesting over a week ago. I'm worried about them since we've been getting a lot of 80s already but not consistently days in a row.
@@cynthiamartinez5884 Thanks. Oh well. Next year I’ll plant seeds much earlier since we don’t get frost.
@ginarivers3779 You might be able to plant them in the fall and through winter. Check out the pea videos from Growing in the Garden (Arizona) and Jerra's Garden (Florida). They are either zone 9 or 10.
Is June too late to start the Sweet Gem Snap Peas indoors for container gardening?
Very helpful! Getting back to rabbits… any suggestions to keep them away from pea plants as they trellis up?
as another MI gardener i can not believe that i have not found your channel sooner! and so close to your store location too 😭
Great video, thank you. I will soak my peas now to catch up. At my community garden there are some irritating small animals but it is pea weevils that are decimating my crop. Wondering if you have any ideas?
great video
I started mine WAAAYYYYY too late last year. I think I got them started early enough this year, but i didnt soak. Oh well. Hopefully the soaking day and a half of rain after I planted will do the trick.
Because the nitecrawlers and slugs decimate my emerging peas, I now start in a rain gutter. Get them about 3in tall...then slide them into a furrow. It works to get past the pests.
Nightcrawlers don't eat living plant matter. You probably have cutworms or wire worms
Night crawlers do not eat seeds.
@@canadiangemstones7636 they chew on the sprouts as they emerge. Also when I plant onions I have started from seeds, I will find the little onion greens down in the nitecrawler hole, I have to pull them out. I find onion sets upside down, pulled to the worm hole, that's before the roots hold them firm. If the dirt is bare they go after whatever is available. Back to the peas, I would find newly planted peas on top of the dirt the next morning. This would continue till the roots established, then the nibbling starts. Also the snails the size the French eat, and slugs. This is Oregon, no escaping these. The gutters solved the emerging pea problems.
The rain gutter sounds like an excellent idea. Thank you for sharing the information.
There are many Myko out there. Do you use Bliss?
Another predator is blue jays. They pull up anything new in the garden. They pulled up our onion start & lay them on the ground. They will dig up the pea seeds as well. To remedy the issue, we laid some small branches on the rows until the plants are growing, then remove the branches.
So glad to hear this. I always plant my seeds close like you said. But I always thought that I was a rebel since the seed packets say to space them further apart. (I do get good bounty when I harvest my mere 16 foot row) 2 rows this year. Should have enough for the freezer. Yum.
I haven't noticed any trouble with peas or beans and I do none of those things. Possibly slower germination in too much heat but we have such a short season in Saskatchewan we don't have much window to plant in. I for one prefer bush beans and Homesteader peas which don't seem to need to grow tall, so only need a shorter trellis. I have noticed though that they will look like they are dying back, then start a new flush at the top of the plant if it gets watered enough. It seems like they do OK even with our hotter days.
What do you plant between the trilice thing,?
I’m planning on putting them in with corn as my trellis. Is this a problem?
I planted 80 foot of peas this year!!
The biggest mistake I’ve made with peas is putting my trellis right down on sprouts when they popped up. It seemed to make my plants a short dense brick of pea plants that were stunted and didn’t produce well. GIVE THEM A LITTLE SPACE!!
Unfortunately im behind the gun this year on my pea. In my area they die out in july from the heat
Great information 👍
A lot of gardeners don’t understand that young pea plants do not care about frost or snow, so there is little risk in planting this quintessential cool season crop early during the COOL season. They aren’t going to mature and start blossoming until May anyhow so if they sprout before your last frost date, they’re seriously going to be fine!
I'm trying to breed a heat tolerance pea. My test subjects worked last year, but won't know if it's consistent yet
LOL I have to chicken wire in my peas and beans even in a high raised bed. Buffett favorite for the bunnies and they can hop high.
Okay, Luke, you convinced me to try peas again. I'll employ your tips!