As part of my plan to grow peas for most of this year successionally (which means one after another), it’s now early April and the very early peas variety: Oskar have been planted outside in our raised bed. The 9 pea plants are each about 3 inches high.
The very early pea ‘Oskar’ were sown on the 18 February in an unheated greenhouse in root-trainer pots. They germinated on 3 March.
I always use root-trainer pots for sowing peas and beans because peas do not like root disturbance. One of the features of root-trainers is they can be opened from the side and the pea plant and roots can slide out into the ground with little to no disturbance of the roots. I’ve always had success with this method.
Over the past few days we have seen temperatures in the east of the UK rise to 16 degrees centigrade and the peas have put on some extra growth and now have yellowing leaves at the base which signals they need more nutrients in fresher soil.
Are Peas hardy against the frost?
Yes, they can survive in temperatures to minus 5 degrees in the soil.
Do Peas like lots of rain?
No, they do not like to sit in wet, waterlogged soil. I’m hoping there won’t be too many April showers, but there is a risk that they won’t grow if it’s too wet.
Do you have anymore Peas Growing?
Yes, the next peas are two different Dwarf pea varieties which were sown on 19 March and germinated on 2 April in an unheated greenhouse.
- Pea – Avola – Grows to a height of 60cm, early maturing and great for small spaces or containers. Pea pods will contain up to 8 peas per pod.
- Pea – Twinkle – Another small variety that supports itself up to 50cm in height. A British bred variety.
Peas sown now (early April):
- Pea – Roskrone – A very tall pea with dainty red/pink and white flowers, plants of 1 – 2 metres high with all the pea pods at the top of the plant.
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