Christina Websell wrote:
The agreement was that my brother and I would share my land and the
crops, whether or not we grew them at home.

He's picked every pea and gone on holiday. I've tended the peas and
watered them and I am more than annoyed. Peas are my favourite veg.
I half want to change the padlock. I might still do it as he seems
incapable of not filling it all up and asking me what I want to grow.
I'm more than ticked off.

Is it too much to ask that he liases with me about what to grow? Given
that it's my ground and it cost a whole lot of money, but
that's not the point. He thinks he's going to get it when I die. He
isn't.

"I'm livid" - there's a song in that headline somewhere. Any songwriters
here who would like to oblige?

As for the OP, consider youself damned lucky, I planted a whole pack of seed
peas this year and what did I get in return -------- just three of the
beggers to just show their heads through the earth. In temper, I ripped 'em
up and planted annual flowers in their place to keep SWMBO happy - and the
rest of the seed peas must have acted like a flower fertiliser as the
flowers are going great guns.

Let It Be wrote:
As for the OP, consider youself damned lucky, I planted a whole pack of seed
peas this year and what did I get in return -------- just three of the
beggers to just show their heads through the earth. In temper, I ripped 'em
up and planted annual flowers in their place to keep SWMBO happy - and the
rest of the seed peas must have acted like a flower fertiliser as the
flowers are going great guns.

Did you plant them early? My boys planted a little wigwam of peas each
that they got from school (Birds Eye ones, no less), and they got a total
of 1 plant between them. I planted 2 rows a month or two later, and they
have all* come up, and are now threatening to engulf the carrots and
beetroot in the patch between them.

I suspect it may be to do with the early warm weather supressing germination
and now the later cooler then wetter weather encouraging them.

Remember, seeds don't have a calendar!

Victoria Conlan wrote:
Let It Be wrote:
As for the OP, consider youself damned lucky, I planted a whole pack
of seed peas this year and what did I get in return -------- just
three of the beggers to just show their heads through the earth. In
temper, I ripped 'em up and planted annual flowers in their place to
keep SWMBO happy - and the rest of the seed peas must have acted
like a flower fertiliser as the flowers are going great guns.

Did you plant them early? My boys planted a little wigwam of peas
each that they got from school (Birds Eye ones, no less), and they
got a total of 1 plant between them. I planted 2 rows a month or two
later, and they have all* come up, and are now threatening to engulf
the carrots and beetroot in the patch between them.

I suspect it may be to do with the early warm weather supressing
germination and now the later cooler then wetter weather encouraging
them.

Remember, seeds don't have a calendar!

They were 'early peas' but due to the weather, I left it a few weeks to
plant them. As for the lack of success, that could be down to several
factors - including a duff batch of seeds from my local (usually reliable)
supplier.

Just the luck of the draw - win some, lose some as - as my green-fingered
late grandfather used to say when tending his massive (around an acre) veg
garden that used to feed the family all-year round - along supply bacon,
eggs and chickens he used to keep and slaughter for sale.