Comments on: Five Tips for Planting Peas http://gardensong.net/fiv-tips-for-planting-peas-139/ Getting your garden growing! Wed, 26 May 2010 09:14:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dirty Girl Gardening http://gardensong.net/fiv-tips-for-planting-peas-139/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Dirty Girl Gardening Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:49:50 +0000 http://gardensong.net/?p=139#comment-106 I always grow mine from seeds, too... they do so much better than transplants. Also - be consistent with watering, since the taste will be effected if you are not. I always grow mine from seeds, too… they do so much better than transplants. Also – be consistent with watering, since the taste will be effected if you are not.

]]> By: Garden Grrrl http://gardensong.net/fiv-tips-for-planting-peas-139/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Garden Grrrl Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:04:15 +0000 http://gardensong.net/?p=139#comment-104 Wow Jay, thanks for the comment! I have never tried transplanting peas, I will have to give it a trial. Do you find you get earlier harvests that way? I agree about picking them frequently. This is one of the reasons that they make such a good crop for a home garden. They are expensive to buy because the picking process takes time and doesn't happen all at once, you have to do it over and over. When you grow them at home you can pick every few days, it's fun, and then you get to eat the best, freshest peas. I only use organic methods. Feeding the soil is key. With healthy soil everything is easier. I use lots of compost and leaf mold because I don't have a lot of money and I can make those things for free. Wow Jay, thanks for the comment! I have never tried transplanting peas, I will have to give it a trial. Do you find you get earlier harvests that way?

I agree about picking them frequently. This is one of the reasons that they make such a good crop for a home garden. They are expensive to buy because the picking process takes time and doesn’t happen all at once, you have to do it over and over. When you grow them at home you can pick every few days, it’s fun, and then you get to eat the best, freshest peas.

I only use organic methods. Feeding the soil is key. With healthy soil everything is easier. I use lots of compost and leaf mold because I don’t have a lot of money and I can make those things for free.

]]> By: JAY http://gardensong.net/fiv-tips-for-planting-peas-139/comment-page-1/#comment-103 JAY Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:36:52 +0000 http://gardensong.net/?p=139#comment-103 Go grrl, Oregon Giant is MY King (sorry ladies) Plant early, profusely, harvest obsessively. A. I start them( half dozen vars.) in growers cell flats of 72/96/128 (Against conventional un-Wisdom) B. 1/2- 1" deep C. Bring them in the house or garage, an old car to "force' germination due to temp. C2. Transition them to shady spot/cold frame for a short period. D. Use Organic ferts lightly technique like "grow room ferts" technologies of recent. E. Do plant them out tight, very tight! F. Do far ahead Pre-fert OUT TRANSPLANT SOIL AREA with Bone (P) and a little lime or Ca. and Fish/Alfalfa-esque++mulching Compost ahead of TIME- (TIME and TEMPERATURE) G. Legumes NEED HYDRATION// WATER THEM in the top root zone! H. PICK EVERY 2/3/4 days or they will degrade and stop producing. (more decline prone) and will depending on variety not be their best! I. train them up trellis. J. Store picked in cool, lightly humid, and if necessary short-term in cold water bath refrigerated. H. Sell or Share with the Locavore community. Side note: Practice all the ORGANIC methodologies for pest/disease/food! JAY, Eugene OR, Sust./Permaculture kinda guy. Go grrl,
Oregon Giant is MY King (sorry ladies)

Plant early, profusely, harvest obsessively.

A. I start them( half dozen vars.) in growers cell flats of 72/96/128
(Against conventional un-Wisdom)
B. 1/2- 1″ deep
C. Bring them in the house or garage, an old car to “force’ germination due to temp.
C2. Transition them to shady spot/cold frame for a short period.
D. Use Organic ferts lightly technique like “grow room ferts” technologies of recent.
E. Do plant them out tight, very tight!
F. Do far ahead Pre-fert OUT TRANSPLANT SOIL AREA with Bone (P) and a little lime or Ca. and Fish/Alfalfa-esque++mulching Compost ahead of TIME- (TIME and TEMPERATURE)
G. Legumes NEED HYDRATION// WATER THEM in the top root zone!
H. PICK EVERY 2/3/4 days or they will degrade and stop producing. (more decline prone) and will depending on variety not be their best!
I. train them up trellis.
J. Store picked in cool, lightly humid, and if necessary short-term in cold water bath refrigerated.
H. Sell or Share with the Locavore community.

Side note: Practice all the ORGANIC methodologies for pest/disease/food!

JAY, Eugene OR, Sust./Permaculture kinda guy.

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