This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale. Help
please as it is now time for planting out.

Thanks
Bill

"Bill Falconer" wrote in message
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This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale.
Help please as it is now time for planting out.

Thanks
Bill
Peas - sweet or edible do not benefit from being transplanted, potted on,
etc.
They will thrive if planted in their final positions at the outset -
assuming the conditions are right.
Toilet roll cores - useful on the compost heap perhaps !!
I would chuck the whole lot on the compost and start again.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

Toilet roll cores - useful on the compost heap perhaps !!
I would chuck the whole lot on the compost and start again.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

you could throw the lot on the compost heap and they would probably grow
like fun :-)

"Bill Falconer" wrote in message
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: This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
: cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
: climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale.
Help
: please as it is now time for planting out.
:
: Thanks
: Bill
:
The compost may have got dry and run out of fertiliser, plant them out and
they should perk up. Peel a split off the roll to make sure they break out

Bill Falconer wrote:
This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale. Help
please as it is now time for planting out.

A very traditional method of growing sweet peas. what they are telling
you is that they have run out of grub and want planting.

Give them a good soak in water and then plant out. I'd leave the ubes in
place, but you could *carefully* slit them in a couple of places before
planting to give the roots an easy way out.

Water well and watch out for slugs & snails. Enjoy the flowers.

HTH

Sarah

In article , Peter
Stockdale writes

"Bill Falconer" wrote in message
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This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale.

It's been a bit cold recently, and your peas have been used to the warm.
They'll recover.

But peas don't need to be grown indoors - they're quite hardy. Only
reason for doing this would be if you were having slug trouble when they
were little. The toilet roll core tip is usually meant for runner and
french beans, which are not hardy.

Help please as it is now time for planting out.

In gardening, never pay attention to 'time to do this or that' if it is
expressed as a time, eg 'mid June'. Time to do anything depends on the
conditions in your own garden. 'After all danger of frost has passed' is
June in my garden and probably January 1st in Dave Poole's!

Peas - sweet or edible do not benefit from being transplanted, potted on,
etc.
They will thrive if planted in their final positions at the outset -
assuming the conditions are right.
Toilet roll cores - useful on the compost heap perhaps !!
I would chuck the whole lot on the compost and start again.

That's unnecessarily pessimistic!

Weather seems to be set fairly warm for the next week - plant them out
now, and they'll be fine.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

I have had my sweet peas out since easter - they re in flower now and look
lovely!

Scott - Gatwick



"Sarah Dale" wrote in message
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Bill Falconer wrote:
This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale.
Help please as it is now time for planting out.

A very traditional method of growing sweet peas. what they are telling you
is that they have run out of grub and want planting.

Give them a good soak in water and then plant out. I'd leave the ubes in
place, but you could *carefully* slit them in a couple of places before
planting to give the roots an easy way out.

Water well and watch out for slugs & snails. Enjoy the flowers.

HTH

Sarah

scott wrote:
I have had my sweet peas out since easter - they re in flower now and look
lovely!

Scott - Gatwick



"Sarah Dale" wrote in message
...

Bill Falconer wrote:

This year I have grown my peas in compost individually in the cardboard
cores of toilet rolls, a tip from a TV programme. They are now being
climatised but have lost their healthy green colour turning very pale.
Help please as it is now time for planting out.

A very traditional method of growing sweet peas. what they are telling you
is that they have run out of grub and want planting.

Give them a good soak in water and then plant out. I'd leave the ubes in
place, but you could *carefully* slit them in a couple of places before
planting to give the roots an easy way out.

Water well and watch out for slugs & snails. Enjoy the flowers.

HTH

Sarah



Alas,cardboard is made from wood,which depletes the soil of nitrogen.I
was similarly caught out last year using "peat" pots, only to learn
later that they are now 80% wood chippings.

In article , sam
writes

Alas,cardboard is made from wood,which depletes the soil of nitrogen.I
was similarly caught out last year using "peat" pots, only to learn
later that they are now 80% wood chippings.

Not likely to trouble peas which are adapted to low nitrogen conditions
by developing the ability to 'fix' free nitrogen
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Peas - sweet or edible do not benefit from being transplanted, potted on,
etc.
They will thrive if planted in their final positions at the outset -
assuming the conditions are right.
Toilet roll cores - useful on the compost heap perhaps !!
I would chuck the whole lot on the compost and start again.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com
What a load of codswallop! The top growers of sweetpeas in this country set
the seeds in pots often in October, sometimes Jan/Feb depending on area.
When transplanting from the pot you can check the root system for health
etc. before committing to the ground which should have been prepared by Xmas
time at latest.
There is nothing wrong either in sowing seeds in situ in spring but you may
not get 100%.
Best advice I can offer is get hold of a copy 'Sweetpeas, the complete
guide' by the acknowledged master on sweetpeas, the late Bernard R. Jones.
Probably out of print now but try your local library or maybe Amazon.
Follow the advice within and you will have the best sweetpeas in your
neighbourhood.

In article , Padger
writes

Peas - sweet or edible do not benefit from being transplanted, potted on,
etc.
They will thrive if planted in their final positions at the outset -
assuming the conditions are right.
Toilet roll cores - useful on the compost heap perhaps !!
I would chuck the whole lot on the compost and start again.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com
What a load of codswallop! The top growers of sweetpeas in this country set
the seeds in pots often in October, sometimes Jan/Feb depending on area.
When transplanting from the pot you can check the root system for health
etc. before committing to the ground which should have been prepared by Xmas
time at latest.
There is nothing wrong either in sowing seeds in situ in spring but you may
not get 100%.
Best advice I can offer is get hold of a copy 'Sweetpeas, the complete
guide' by the acknowledged master on sweetpeas, the late Bernard R. Jones.
Probably out of print now but try your local library or maybe Amazon.
Follow the advice within and you will have the best sweetpeas in your
neighbourhood.




I buy seed from matthewman as they stock the old fashioned heavily
perfumed types. They have a really good little leaflet about growing
them which comes with the order.
Lovely little brown envelope seed packets too, printed by 'proper'
printing judging by the indentations


Worth investigating if you like scented sweet peas.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk