Peas and beans - commercial varieties?
As far as I can tell most if not all home grown (garden or allotment) peas
and beans are grown up a support - pea sticks or netting. When I look in the fields the varieties seem to be short vertical stout stems with blue/white flowers and no support. A quick Google shows either vining machines for fresh green peas or a combined harvester for dried peas. So are commercial varsities very different from the home grown? The ones in the fields certainly look easier to grow :-) Cheers Dave R |
Peas and beans - commercial varieties?
On 30/06/2013 18:53, David.WE.Roberts wrote:
As far as I can tell most if not all home grown (garden or allotment) peas and beans are grown up a support - pea sticks or netting. When I look in the fields the varieties seem to be short vertical stout stems with blue/white flowers and no support. A quick Google shows either vining machines for fresh green peas or a combined harvester for dried peas. So are commercial varsities very different from the home grown? The ones in the fields certainly look easier to grow :-) Cheers Dave R Yes, commercial pea varieties are designed to have ALL the peas ready for picking at the same time, not really what you want from a domestic crop. |
Peas and beans - commercial varieties?
"David.WE.Roberts" wrote
As far as I can tell most if not all home grown (garden or allotment) peas and beans are grown up a support - pea sticks or netting. When I look in the fields the varieties seem to be short vertical stout stems with blue/white flowers and no support. A quick Google shows either vining machines for fresh green peas or a combined harvester for dried peas. So are commercial varsities very different from the home grown? The ones in the fields certainly look easier to grow :-) Easier to grow maybe but not to pick, like dwarf French beans backbreaking to pick. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Peas and beans - commercial varieties?
Bob wrote:
Easier to grow maybe but not to pick, like dwarf French beans backbreaking to pick. My dwarf french beans are in hanging baskets. :-D |
Peas and beans - commercial varieties?
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Bob wrote: Easier to grow maybe but not to pick, like dwarf French beans backbreaking to pick. My dwarf french beans are in hanging baskets. :-D Good idea. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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