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Staking peas
Ok, I know I can use sticks or netting, but exactly how is it done?
Assuming your row is, say, 4" wide there do you place the supports? If sticks do you push them into the centre, or along the outsides, perhaps leaning in. If netting where and how do you position that? Surely if on the outside come harvest time it will be difficult to reach the peas. TIA |
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In article , Broadback writes: | Ok, I know I can use sticks or netting, but exactly how is it done? | Assuming your row is, say, 4" wide there do you place the supports? If | sticks do you push them into the centre, or along the outsides, perhaps | leaning in. If netting where and how do you position that? Surely if | on the outside come harvest time it will be difficult to reach the peas. I do it in the middle, when they are small, or at one side with a large gauge net. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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You need to know that the average pea plant is not at all bright and
will instinctively grow away from whatever support you provide. The twig method doesn't work very well because of that. Use the netting between two poles method. When the plants are about a foot high and some are wandering, stretch string between the poles about 6" above the ground fairly tightly so was to put the wayward plants towards the netting. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
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Steve Harris muttered:
You need to know that the average pea plant is not at all bright and will instinctively grow away from whatever support you provide. The twig method doesn't work very well because of that. Damn it ( the twigs in my 'pea-to-be' prepared bed look so funky... I take your point and am sure you have more experience with them, but I didn't notice that behaviour in the sweet peas I grew last year on a wigwam. I ran out of wigwam height eventually, so determined were they to keep going onward and upward, or do edible peas differ in that respect? |
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