The guttering is a great idea especially when not disturbing the seeds when planting them outside. I’ve already sown peas outside a couple of weeks ago - it be a long time before they grow I’d say. I’ll do it your way in the Polytunnel tomorrow here in the west of Ireland in mid March - still a lot of rain falling but the Temp is 8-12C so not everything bad.
I'm so in love with peas! Only problem is a fairly short growing season when it's cool enough, here in central Florida. With that in mind i'm starting early this year; last weekend I planted the varieties Wando, First 13, and Sugar Snap. Wish me luck. CHEERS!
I love to have my pea supports be on a slant and then plant spinach under the V-shaped pea supports. Can never get enough peas, nor spinach...love your videos - thank you
We're growing peas for the first time this year. We're growing them up the fence that divides us from the neighbors, hopefully that will add some privacy and provide tasty harvest. We tried to grow sweet potato there last year, but they never vined, just low to the ground like a small bush. We have lots of sunlight here in California and most plants bake in the sun in the summer, so we gotta space them close so they can shade each other. So we have a blackberry bush, six kinds of squash, 6 kinds of cucumber, 6 kinds of peas, and four 10ft trees growing all together trying to battle together against the scorching sun. I might plant some vines going up the tree trunks if plants are still getting too much sun in this spot. It was really baked last year. Before I moved here this area was all lawn. Now we have food.
I watched your video last spring and used the idea of planting peas in gutters. It worked very well in my Colorado garden and extended my growing season. Thanks for the suggestion.
I'm growing a variety of pea named Half Pint. The plant grows only 8 inches tall , requires no staking , I get 4 plants per square foot on a raised bed. Pigeons don't come near them for some unknown reason. We do have a large community of wood pigeons around our village too. give them a go.
+Crystal Balboni It's fairly common practice and great fun to see the seedlings popping up over the course of a few days. Good luck with your gardening.
I sow them like that in spring. I also winter sowed in bottles outside in October and they've all germinated and are strong plants waiting to go out once these last nights of frosts stop.mi have grown meteor and K wonder. My main crop will be Hirstgreenshaft but I'm trying the 6-7ft tall purple flowered peas. Should be interesting. Using an arch with strong wire netting. Just one or two plants as I don't have a lot of room.
Great starter ideas! 😊 Mice and birds are ratbags, for sure! I place 2 or 3 rubber snakes down to deter birds! 😂😂 Sugar snap peas are my absolute favourite! Such a great yield always! 😊
Cool idea! But I think I might try re-using soda and water bottles cut in half top to bottom this way; easier to cut, and cheaper! Might have to keep the top and bottom on until ready to transplant to keep them sturdy, but then they should be able to be cut off easily then too.
Peas hardly ever make it into my house I normally eat them strait from the garden. I don't like many raw vegitables but peas especialy immature ones are great. I got a great sence of satisfaction when you pushed the soil out of the gutters to the ground great idea! Is the bug hunt still going on?
+phxtonash We love peas too - outrageously delicious! Yes, The Big Bug Hunt is still going on, so please leave any reports of pests on the website: www.bigbughunt.com
... a watering can fitted with a ? ... couldn't her that. Thanks. We use our guttering for kale, chard, marigolds, basil, bunching onions, cherry tomatoes, PEAS, beets ... etc. 12 ft lengths, tiered, with supports every 3'.
+mynameisbub We just used cheap plastic guttering, which is widely available in any home improvement store. Someone suggested using tall soda bottles, cut in half length-ways, which would give a similar effect, though each unit would be much shorter than a length of guttering - but worth a try.
+GrowVeg Thanks for the fast reply! I do have a Lowes in my town but only looked online and didn't find this type of guttering. I will just go down there and have a look.
I'm going to try this. I'm growing peas in cardboard with holes I made with a 1 3/4 inch hole cutter I put on my drill. I'm trying to cut down on weeds. O put 2 peas in each hole & carefully covered them. I'm growing them for my little dachshund, Sophie who loves to go out & pick her own peas all summer. I'm doing beans like this too. She loves beans, too. When I say do you want a pea or beanie she goes & gets 2 or 3. She won't touch them until they're ready. She checks them every day until she finds some. We let her have all of them. H, ki ' L Love ya! 💕🐞🎄' Ok I Kkkk O K Jody s j.
The cardboard with the holes is working great for growing peas & beans for our dachshund Sophie. Most of them grew & no weeds. We have more peas & beans than ever this year. The hole cutter I used on my drill to make the holes in the cardboard was well worth the $9.00 I paid for it at Ace Hardware.I’ll definitely be doing this again next year.
I ate a pea once, it tasted like a potato. Was that pea still good? I think I might start dying soon if it wasn't. Anyway I love lima beans more lol XD
If I'm growing Marrowfat peas from dried peas I bought at Morrisons, can anyone tell me how tall they should get, or what kind of support would be good? I did just a few cells and they all sprouted great! Oh and how deep a pot do peas need? I need to grow them in containers.
Marrowfat peas are just dried green peas. They will need staking using pea sticks, usually to around waist height. To grow them in pots I'd recommend using containers at least 30cm (1ft) deep and wide. Troughs/windowboxes are best for their length, and you can tuck in trellising, netting or pea sticks behind for support.
The guttering is a great idea especially when not disturbing the seeds when planting them outside. I’ve already sown peas outside a couple of weeks ago - it be a long time before they grow I’d say. I’ll do it your way in the Polytunnel tomorrow here in the west of Ireland in mid March - still a lot of rain falling but the Temp is 8-12C so not everything bad.
Definitely getting a touch milder now. :-)
I'm so in love with peas! Only problem is a fairly short growing season when it's cool enough, here in central Florida. With that in mind i'm starting early this year; last weekend I planted the varieties Wando, First 13, and Sugar Snap. Wish me luck.
CHEERS!
Best of luck Ed - great to get a head start.
I really like watching your posts, easy listening, easy to understand and good advice. Thank you.
I love to have my pea supports be on a slant and then plant spinach under the V-shaped pea supports. Can never get enough peas, nor spinach...love your videos - thank you
That's a great way of packing in more vegetables - and the spinach will enjoy the shade.
Tamara Green brilliant.
Love the guttering idea !
Thanks for the great advice,
I've never grown peas myself,
But I'm going to sow my first sets tomorrow:),
Happy planting
We're growing peas for the first time this year. We're growing them up the fence that divides us from the neighbors, hopefully that will add some privacy and provide tasty harvest. We tried to grow sweet potato there last year, but they never vined, just low to the ground like a small bush. We have lots of sunlight here in California and most plants bake in the sun in the summer, so we gotta space them close so they can shade each other. So we have a blackberry bush, six kinds of squash, 6 kinds of cucumber, 6 kinds of peas, and four 10ft trees growing all together trying to battle together against the scorching sun. I might plant some vines going up the tree trunks if plants are still getting too much sun in this spot. It was really baked last year. Before I moved here this area was all lawn. Now we have food.
+fireincarnation2 It sounds like you've made real progress in your garden.
I watched your video last spring and used the idea of planting peas in gutters. It worked very well in my Colorado garden and extended my growing season. Thanks for the suggestion.
I forgot to mention that I used Sugar Daddy peas. So, the pods were edible.
That's brilliant - it's really great to hear when our suggestions are a success - keep up the good work, and here's to a superb 2017 pea harvest too!
F English
I'm growing a variety of pea named Half Pint.
The plant grows only 8 inches tall , requires no staking , I get 4 plants per square foot on a raised bed. Pigeons don't come near them for some unknown reason. We do have a large community of wood pigeons around our village too.
give them a go.
Great recommendation!
I'll be using this gutter method from now on. Thank you for sharing your video.
A tip for cutting plastics is use a blunt/old wood saw, will be much quicker and easier than a hacksaw
Cool idea. I plan to get started over the next few weeks using it. Thanks!
Thanks for your ideas, Francis. From kenya Africa
I am new to gardening so I am not sure if this is a common practice but the idea is genius! thank you for the tips :)
+Crystal Balboni It's fairly common practice and great fun to see the seedlings popping up over the course of a few days. Good luck with your gardening.
Never tried before and you were full of all the information I needed not too much info I didn't need. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I grew Hurst Greenshaft exactly the same way last year. Good pea, large pods.
I just subscribed to your channel because it's so relaxing watching your gardening show and you seemed to be so intelligent
I sow them like that in spring. I also winter sowed in bottles outside in October and they've all germinated and are strong plants waiting to go out once these last nights of frosts stop.mi have grown meteor and K wonder. My main crop will be Hirstgreenshaft but I'm trying the 6-7ft tall purple flowered peas. Should be interesting. Using an arch with strong wire netting. Just one or two plants as I don't have a lot of room.
Thanks for such an informative video! Will definitely try to sow my own peas! :)
Great video thanks Ben! I love peas, so good! I will try this method of growing them,
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Brill Fiona - it makes it so easy and it's rather fun too!
Great idea. I think not just peas, may be I will try this out with beans and other veggies as well.
+Kathleen POON It would certainly work with various salad mixes.
Omg! I'm definitely using this. Thanks!
Great idea! I think we'll try it this spring.
Great starter ideas! 😊 Mice and birds are ratbags, for sure! I place 2 or 3 rubber snakes down to deter birds! 😂😂
Sugar snap peas are my absolute favourite! Such a great yield always! 😊
What a great idea! :-)
@@GrowVeg pssst, you need to move the snakes position every few days. Otherwise the birds catch on that they're fake🤣🤣
Cool idea! But I think I might try re-using soda and water bottles cut in half top to bottom this way; easier to cut, and cheaper! Might have to keep the top and bottom on until ready to transplant to keep them sturdy, but then they should be able to be cut off easily then too.
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What a great method!
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Peas hardly ever make it into my house I normally eat them strait from the garden. I don't like many raw vegitables but peas especialy immature ones are great. I got a great sence of satisfaction when you pushed the soil out of the gutters to the ground great idea! Is the bug hunt still going on?
+phxtonash We love peas too - outrageously delicious! Yes, The Big Bug Hunt is still going on, so please leave any reports of pests on the website: www.bigbughunt.com
Wonderful info! I love your videos!!
thanks for your very helpful tip in enjoyed it
... a watering can fitted with a ? ... couldn't her that. Thanks. We use our guttering for kale, chard, marigolds, basil, bunching onions, cherry tomatoes, PEAS, beets ... etc. 12 ft lengths, tiered, with supports every 3'.
+Jennifer Lord Watering can fitted with a rose. Basically one of those attachments like a shower head to spread out the flow of water.
Great idea! I'm having a hard time finding anything but aluminum square guttering and was wondering if anyone has any ideas that I can use instead!
+mynameisbub We just used cheap plastic guttering, which is widely available in any home improvement store. Someone suggested using tall soda bottles, cut in half length-ways, which would give a similar effect, though each unit would be much shorter than a length of guttering - but worth a try.
+GrowVeg Thanks for the fast reply! I do have a Lowes in my town but only looked online and didn't find this type of guttering. I will just go down there and have a look.
good idea
Brilliant!
I'm going to try this. I'm growing peas in cardboard with holes I made with a 1 3/4 inch hole cutter I put on my drill. I'm trying to cut down on weeds. O put 2 peas in each hole & carefully covered them. I'm growing them for my little dachshund, Sophie who loves to go out & pick her own peas all summer. I'm doing beans like this too. She loves beans, too. When I say do you want a pea or beanie she goes & gets 2 or 3. She won't touch them until they're ready. She checks them every day until she finds some. We let her have all of them. H, ki '
L
Love ya! 💕🐞🎄'
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What a wonderful treat for Sophie. I wonder if my dog Rosie will enjoy peas or beans - I'll have to give it a try!
The cardboard with the holes is working great for growing peas & beans for our dachshund Sophie. Most of them grew & no weeds. We have more peas & beans than ever this year. The hole cutter I used on my drill to make the holes in the cardboard was well worth the $9.00 I paid for it at Ace Hardware.I’ll definitely be doing this again next year.
I ate a pea once, it tasted like a potato. Was that pea still good? I think I might start dying soon if it wasn't. Anyway I love lima beans more lol XD
peas are the most good ingredient for tagine.
Btw thanks for the tips
I bet you could grow onions in guttering and leave them there until harvest. I may try that.
I bet you could not .Not enough root space.
WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
If I'm growing Marrowfat peas from dried peas I bought at Morrisons, can anyone tell me how tall they should get, or what kind of support would be good? I did just a few cells and they all sprouted great! Oh and how deep a pot do peas need? I need to grow them in containers.
Marrowfat peas are just dried green peas. They will need staking using pea sticks, usually to around waist height. To grow them in pots I'd recommend using containers at least 30cm (1ft) deep and wide. Troughs/windowboxes are best for their length, and you can tuck in trellising, netting or pea sticks behind for support.
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I wonder what that one person disliked this video for.
+Gomp They don't like their peas?
Falling of his roof when filling up his gutters with peas!
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