On 17/06/2013 22:54, Bob Hobden wrote:
"David Hill" wrote

I've noticed that a lot of the seed companies don't show the height of
the peas on the packets now

Virtually all the peas commercially available are short these days, you
may still find Alderman available but that isn't the tallest pea there
ever was. I remember growing peas that grew to 7ft or more, much easier
to pick but you have to provide something for them to climb up.

As you say Bob most of what's available are short, they say to use pea
sticks or netting, but where do you get 3ft netting?
I grow Epicure which is a 6ft+ variety and this year am trying Lord
Leicester, another tall variety.
The thing about tall varieties is that they crop over a much longer period.
I see that for short varieties they say to sow every 2 to 3 weeks to get
a succession.
I use Pea/bean netting to support them, much easier.
David @ an overcast side of Swansea Bay