Comments on: Peas be with you, cos I’ve got bugger all

By: itsonlyneal

itsonlyneal — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:48:46 +0000

Having read all your comments whilst reeling from my disasterous crop of peas this year i have decided to grow “mange tout” next season, fingers crossed they do better!! keep up the good work soilman!

By: mikes dad

mikes dad — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:50 +0000

Alderman for me too , thousands of them for weeks , watered every day bless them , no point in little peas as Ruth says , always grow Alderman , sometimes grow Telephone too , another tall pea, easy peasy [pun intended]

By: mike pitt

mike pitt — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:04:35 +0000

well i only grow mange tout style peas and always a sucees.True peas take up too much space for the final result.keep going Soilman i had a a couple of years of failure on my tiny veg olt but this year has so far been good.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:04:17 +0000

I had enough peas this year to feed my ravenous (but anti-vegetarian) teenage son one very nice serving. He ate them fast and no complaints, so I imagine they were delectable. My own personal garden chipmunk ate the rest of my peas – uninvited.

Why do we keep growing peas?

Alderman is great. I’ve tried to grow this variety about 3 years now.

Looking forward to next year’s harvest. Cheers!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:27:04 +0000

For me, you can’t beat Alderman, forget Hurst Greenshaft. Alderman grows 5 feet tall and I’m drowning in peas year after year. Don’t know why anyone grows piddling little peas.

By: Tanya Walton

Tanya Walton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:22:21 +0000

my peas are terrible this year too…in fact I have totally given up on even picking the seeds…I am thinking about putting in a late harvest to see if that does any better as I have really missed them this year…an allotment neighbour of mine has grown peas with purple pods and they seem to be the only ones on the plot that are doing any good!!

Like you say SM…there’s always next year.

By: Soilman

Soilman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:26:56 +0000

How reassuring. And I thought it was just drought that screwed mine up.

For the record: The best pea variety EVAH is Hurst Greenshaft – for those who’ve yet to try peas. People who think another variety is best are, of course, wrong.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:38:26 +0000

I tried a competition … Kelvedon Wonder versus Lancet. The result was both got eaten by mice before germinating. I tried again and after germination and growing for a while, the results are in. They are both rubbish this year.
Last year and the year before we had such a great crop that we were able to plant and collect a second crop. I don’t know what happened this year but the peas have been worse than the onions from sets.

By: Damo

Damo — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:37:47 +0000

Never grown them myself and from all the comments I’ve read I’m quite glad about that!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:51:58 +0000

I managed 1 meal and then they withered and died. At least it gives the beans a bit more room…