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Old 24-07-2008, 11:36 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default peas that will not climb

In message , Tim W
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Not being one to go in the car to buy bamboo poles flown in from the far
east I made a little wigwam for my peas out of some tall woody shoots from a
thicket in the graveyard across the road. The peas have refused to touch
them. I have tried tieing the tendrils to them and they won't climb them.
They grab each other and neighboring pots and plants but won't grab the
sticks they are meant to grab.

Is this a known phenomenon?
Tim w

I grew mange tout peas, and used a net to support them, but they were
pretty stupid about holding onto the net at first.
They certainly preferred to cling to each other, and I resorted to
pushing the tendrils through the net and wrapping them around each
other.
That worked.
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Gordon H