tvrchimaera said:



Hi,

I bought some Cavalier seeds (peas) from my Organic supplier.

Unfortunately only about one in five actually produces a plant.

Is this typical?

Would appreciate any advice.

Field planted? Or test germination (indoors)?

Field planted, you might have lost some seeds to maggots or
wireworms (not the supplier's fault).

Test germination, could be you were sent faulty seed or they
were damaged at some point during shipping and handling.

The most unusual cause of a poor stand of peas (in my garden)
was the year the mallard duck decided to dine there.

The most annoying year was the one where the seeds had been
damaged by weevils before they got to me. (They looked like
they'd been drilled by a tipsy dentist.)
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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

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