Well, I got my peas in on the day after St Pat's Day. Not too bad. The soil in this area of my garden is really warm. Its right up against the south face of the house and gets full sun all day long, all winter. I'll have to take my soil thermometer out there soon, just out of curiosity.
My raised beds, which are further from the house and shaded by a neighboring house 24/7 during the winter, are still mostly frozen. Last year I had to wait 'til April to plant there.
I'm not well prepared for planting yet. I have no row labels. And I am going to order pea netting, but haven't done so yet. So I used sticks and poles and old labels to mark out rows. I'll remember what I planted where until I get the labels in. I used a zig-zag pattern for planting, but only planted some of the zigs. I'll succession plant every few weeks.
I used Pea, Lentil, and Vetch Inoculant from Johnny's that's for garden peas, field peas, fava/broad beans, and vetch (whatever that is). I just sprinkle it on the scattered peas in a trench than cover it over. I did the same last year and it gave me great yields - much better than previous years when I did not use inoculant. (Here's an old post of mine with inoculant information.)
Pisum sativum
Pea green - oh my! Nova Scotia is way up there. But I'm not counting my sprouts yet. We have a lot of damp, cold weather coming and I hope this batch survives the early planting.
ReplyDeletePlanting outdoors already? And here I thought my hands were itching to get there! It's still frosting here in OH, so the best I can do is sit back and wait. :)
ReplyDeleteVetch is great to plant along with your hardier plants. It's a legume, like your peas, but is used mostly as a green fertilizer, feeding a lot of good N2 back into the soil, much in the same way clover benefits many garden veggies.
Pretty soon, your peas will be as big as mine!
ReplyDeleteLast year it took 14 days for my peas to sprout. Grow peas, grow!
ReplyDeleteHave any of your peas sprouted yet? I planted about a week after you and still nothing. It can't stay cold like this forever!
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love the blog, just found it. I have never tried peas and I would like to. My raised beds are still frozen/too cold. I was hoping to seed in another week or 2. too late??
ReplyDeleteis a little bit complicated, but the mayor problem are the birds, it come and take the pea, I think that for that reason exist the scarecrows.
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