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Yellowing peas?

ellenakirkellenakirk Posts: 17
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My sweet and edible peas always have a few plant that yellow off like this. Edibles rotated round raised beds, sweet in various pots/spots in the ground. What causes this, and, any treatments? Thanks 😁

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Pretty standard really, as time goes on. In hot, dry weather, it gets more noticeable, and older foliage gets crispy and dies off. They need lots and lots of water, and the ornamentals need lots of food too, to keep them performing.
    All you can do is keep them well watered. I've never looked into any other solutions.  :)

    Pea foliage can get damage from leaf miner - that's the main problem I have here - but it doesn't do a great deal of harm to the plants long term. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ellenakirkellenakirk Posts: 17
    Thanks 😁 I feed once a week, Tom food for the edibles and miracle grow for the sweet. Have been watering once a day in this heat.
    What wouldn’t they all go though?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Sorry - I'm not sure what you mean by the last sentence.
    When you water, water really thoroughly too. I rarely grow edible peas - mange touts sometimes - but my sweet peas get slow release food when originally planted out in spring [if in pots] and then tomato food about weekly by around early August, as they exhaust the food source by then.  They also benefit from some decent soil or well rotted manure in the bottom of the containers to beef up the compost. That's also worth doing if they're in the ground.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ellenakirkellenakirk Posts: 17
    Sorry, should’ve said *why* wouldn’t they all go yellow? They’re all in the same conditions. Thanks for the other  tips 😁
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Ah - that  makes more sense! I just couldn't think what you meant  :D
    Eventually, they would if they were hot and dry, but it's just how it works. The bottom foliage is less use to the plants. As long as they get loads of water, the main plant stays healthy until it just comes to the end of it's life. Like tomatoes do.  :)
    I find sweet peas don't tolerate the amount of heat/sun that we're led to believe, and we don't even get the amount of sun, or the intensity, that many areas get. What's interesting though, is that we've had the hottest, driest spell here I can remember in my entire life. We've been almost 2 weeks with no rain ,apart from a little smirr a few days ago. My sweet peas in the last few days, are looking dire, especially the ones in the sunniest spot. 
    I'm away for a walk now, before the cloud lifts again!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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