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Non flowering peas

green_grassgreen_grass Posts: 18
in Fruit & veg
My peas are 4 foot high,lush green leaves,but NO flowers  does this mean  no peas of course, but WHY?  Kept watered  in good ground,
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Too much nitrogen produces a lot of leaves and no flowers.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    What variety are they, could we have a picture,?
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Some varieties just bloom higher up.  I do a random mix of three or four varieties most years..  a few feet of each along the row.. and some years I've ended up with some that bloom about five feet tall.. with more growing.  Others bloom lower, and all different times.  Sort of like successional sowing, but planting everything at the same time.   
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  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    Mine have only just flowered. Variety is Kevlar or something like that 
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    It’s my first year growing peas I am surprised how they go from flower to pod so quickly. I assume like sweet peas you can expect some repeat flowers when I pick the pods? Mine are around 4 foot with a good smattering of pods forming.
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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Kelvden wonder,? 
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Also growing "Sugar Ann" and they are podding at 8 inches tall
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    @Nanny Beach that would be them 😉
  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    I have a feeling that some of my peas haven't flowered this year or I may have just not noticed, can I ask do may of you have pea moth and if so how do you cover peas 6ft tall?
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    Jacquimcmahon said:
    It’s my first year growing peas I am surprised how they go from flower to pod so quickly. I assume like sweet peas you can expect some repeat flowers when I pick the pods? Mine are around 4 foot with a good smattering of pods forming.

    That depends on the type, short peas designed for early and/or mechnical harvest will not flower again, older varieties may but you will very rarely get a second crop as mildew tends to take the plants before that, I have had tall peas (alderman) manage a second crop but it was a race against the mildew for them to ripen.

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