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Steve wrote:

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:05:51 -0700, Billy
wrote:

Essentially, Im looking at spacing. What I've read so far is to plant
the peas 1" to 4" apart, which makes no sense to me unless one was going
to comeback in and thin afterwards. I must have a faulty premise
somewhere. Otherwise, I plan to plant a foot apart.

We square foot garden, as ridiculous as that name is, and we space at
2 per square foot. That, perhaps obviously, equates to about a 6 inch
spacing and seemed perfect.


Next year I'll go for the the Oregon Giant if I can find it as a, how
shall I say it, non-vining form.

My seeds came from Renee's and would not be considered vining to my
mind and experience with them.

I've tried beans and peas on my trellis and they just don't thrive.

For us, they seemed quite temperature sensitive. Seeds from early
summer caught and surpassed seeds from spring to a rather remarkable
degree. Additionally, they were productive into late September, FWIW.

The
trellis is in a relatively new area of the garden so maybe it's just a
matter of breaking down the clay. I had a climbing squash there last
year and when it finally got some heat it took off (of course me
thinking it was a weed and pulling it out didn't help it either.)

South of me and higher ground, you say? Mt. Tam or the Santa Cruz
Mountains?

We're from the SC mountains, thank you very much, and in the Sierra
foothills now. The real estate in a cultural wasteland is priced
accordingly, you see. ;-)
Thanks for the insight. I'll try at 6" (14 cm) spacings.
The problem with moving to the boondocks is that often YOU are the
CULTURE. The Weaverville Syndrome (as we call it).
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Billy

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