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Post by Tucson Grower on Jan 19, 2023 21:31:23 GMT -6
As long as I remember I've loved these. I was 3 y.o. when my mother showed me how to pick and eat them, raw.
Today I planted some seedlings into a 15 gallon fabric pot. Late Autumn - early Spring would be the only time it might be possible to produce a crop, here. I applied nodule forming root inoculant. I am anxious to eat fresh peas, again.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 17, 2023 8:52:18 GMT -6
The variety I'm growing claims to be "heat tolerant", however, on days where it gets into the 80's and 90'sF the tops of the vines wilt a little - no matter the watering. I planted these in seed-starter-mix, in a 15 gallon fabric pot, with inoculant and no added fertilizer, back in January 2023. Since there are very few nutrients in this mix - it's obvious that the inoculant does an amazing job. They are climbing the nylon/wire trellis, and are just starting to form flower buds.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 17, 2023 18:31:39 GMT -6
That’s great that you’ve got some buds showing. Are you having a cool spell right now as we are, or is it heating up for you?
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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 17, 2023 19:08:12 GMT -6
We're getting most days in the 70'sF, but here or there 80's and 90'sF too. In the 80's and 90's the tips of the vines wilt a little.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Mar 29, 2023 10:50:38 GMT -6
These are blooming like crazy, in a 15 gallon fabric pot, sitting on a piece of styrofoam in the shade of a mesquite tree. It would be nice to get a few peas before the heat kills them.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 31, 2023 11:19:18 GMT -6
I have that same hope. I love English peas, but they are not sustainable as the weather is to erratic. The peas I planted in late January are now about 8” tall. Really amazing and perplexing at the same time. I guess it’s the little loam I have in the soil that kept them from rotting. And they are along the chain link fence street side. I guess the traffic keeps the mice away.
I planted these store bought dried peas and,boy, they are vigorous. But will they have time . . Ha
What I get never makes it inside the house. Mine, mine, mine, mine.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 14, 2023 10:21:08 GMT -6
Yes, the garden peas are slowly coming in. I get a pod or two, every day now. I even shared some with my brother.
They're in a 15 gallon, fabric pot, sitting on a sheet of inch thick styrofoam, in the shade of a mesquite tree. Our humidity lately has been 10% or less R.H. In conditions like that I need to water them every 4 to 6 hours, or they will dry out and die.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Apr 14, 2023 13:24:12 GMT -6
I’ve been showering mine every day with the hose. The nights have been cool, the days too warm but the wind is the biggest matter to mitigate. They really like the showers.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Apr 17, 2023 5:46:43 GMT -6
Last night I managed to harvest and eat about 20 pods. They weren't too large, but they sure were tasty. The heat appears to accelerate pod maturation, plant senescence and ends flowering. They won't last much longer, now.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on May 11, 2023 17:27:58 GMT -6
In the same place now as you were then. It’s a good year for them. My first success at snap peas. I sowed them the last week of January, in fact. These are taller than the fence and starting to fall over. I didn’t know they’d get this big. We’re trying to figure out when to harvest these snap peas. I didn’t know they were good in the pod raw as well. Goober loves them, too.
because of the daytime heat, we’re picking the snow peas at any size every day while they’re pumping out.
I planted the store bought dry peas and they are doing well. They’re short and the heat is causing them to flower at the top. They have an enormous amount of tentacles. Maybe that’s by design for mechanical harvesting. Fun to wait and see what they do.
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Post by macmex on May 11, 2023 19:02:12 GMT -6
Bet you're right about the store bought peas: designed for machine harvest. Still, I bet they'll be good.
Snap peas are usually harvested when the peas in the pods are filled out. They pods are then strung, just like a full bean (old fashioned string bean). They can be picked earlier, but they're sweetest when allowed to fill out.
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Post by Tucson Grower on May 11, 2023 23:51:35 GMT -6
I thought I'd already given my final report, but guess not. No more than 6 plants in a 14 gallon fabric pot (light tan), climbing on a piece of galvanized fencing stretched between 2, 4x4 wooden posts. Underneath a mesquite tree.
About mid April it finally became too hot and dry, as I picked over the vines I discovered about 100 pods, those that were already completely dry I harvested for seed (abut 100-200 seeds). The remainder I shelled and ate raw. This time I plan not to over-dry the seed. I set them aside in a tiny ziploc bag, waited a few days until the remaining moisture had a chance to equalize (even the moisture out among those in the bag), then dropped them into the refrigerator.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on May 21, 2023 17:12:25 GMT -6
Fantastic year for peas over here. We pulled the snap pea vines and the final harvest. The vines we’re falling over and those on the fence were pulling it down. The garden peas are developing now. Still short, blooming at the top.
We’re snapping and stringing now. Already have one gallon in the freezer. Looks to be about 3 more gallons from 8 linear feet (double rows, both side of the fence). And this is after us and the dog ate from the vines. We didn’t moderate! Super Yum!
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Post by chrysanthemum on May 21, 2023 20:40:14 GMT -6
Frosty, that’s great news. I’m so impressed. Congratulations on stocking the freezer.
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