NC writes
Bob Hobden wrote:
"NC" wrote

(Sorry for another beginner's question!)
If I place a cane next to each pea plant (they are about 6" tall
now), do I need to fix the plant to the cane as it grows, or can I
just wind the plant round ?
As Kay says they self cling. We use wire netting on stout posts
along the rows for ours to climb up, putting a cane by each plant
would take rather too many canes when there are 4 rows. Alternatively
you can use pea sticks for low growing varieties cut from a suitable
source or even buy Pea Netting from a GC for the taller growing type.


I only have 2 rows, of about 10 plants per row. I have some lengths of
timber that I can fix netting to - a bit of timber at the end of each
of the rows, with the netting between should be fine (I hope!)

I would normally plant more peas than that. The individual plants aren't
as big as bean plants, and you lose a lot by throwing way the pods

Something to try next year is 'sugar snap' peas - the pod is edible too,
and unlike mangetout which have to be picked young, you can pick it when
the peas inside have swollen. So you get a bigger crop from the same
space, and are saved the job of shelling.
--
Kay