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Pea question
I have spent an hour this evening shelling and blanching the first of my pea
crop. That dour old yorkshire git cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott has told me many times "easy as shelling peas". Easy maybe, laborious as well. And that doesn't include chasing errant want away peas around the kitchen floor. Anyhow, first time I have done that with a crop. The peas last year got mildew and died off. The current crop I planted late last autumn, it is now into the second 1/2 of spring here. I planted them in the same spot I did the crop that got mildew. About 4-6 weeks ago I spread a thinish layer of aged (6-9 odd months) horse/chicken poop on the soil. The current peas are showing signs of some disease. The stems are shrivelled and the leaves are turning brown and themselves shrivelling. Its similar to what I have seen on my tomatos with blight but I am not sure exactly what it is. Any possible suggestions? Rob |
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Pea question
George.com writes
I have spent an hour this evening shelling and blanching the first of my pea crop. That dour old yorkshire git cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott has told me many times "easy as shelling peas". Easy maybe, laborious as well. And that doesn't include chasing errant want away peas around the kitchen floor. Try "sugar snap" peas - like mangetout, you can eat the pods, but, unlike mangetout, you pick them when the peas inside have swollen to normal pea size, so you get that proper pea taste. -- Kay |
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