How rude @war garden 572 This person is inexperienced and has asked for help - rightly so. We don't all magically 'know' stuff. I certainly wouldn't have realised mice could be eating pea/bean seeds if I sowed direct. I didn't even realise how much difference the time of year made, because so much of the info is based on what happens in warmer part of the UK. Learning from mistakes is all very well if you have deep pockets and nothing else to do all day too, but if you fail with a plant, it makes sense to ask people with experience. That's how it works in the real world - in the 21st century [which is where we are now] where we can access help and information at the touch of a button.
If you can't be pleasant to someone new who asks for help, then maybe you shouldn't post at all. We were all total beginners at one time - presumably including yourself - unless you're some of sort of magical wizard from another planet who has known everything from birth.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@BouncingBack - you would do well to totally ignore the comments posted by War Garden which were both rude and totally unnecessary.
I've never had much success with early outdoor sowings either - thanks to mice, slugs and / or seeds rotting if the soil is too wet and cold. Yours look much better than my efforts have been in the past.
Take @Fairygirl 's advice and try some indoor sowings. Depending on the variety you've chosen and the space you have available, you could also consider making a second sowing in about 5 or 6 weeks so that you can harvest peas for a longer period.
I love pea shoots in salads and once your plants have put on a little growth you can nip off the tips to use. If you really like pea shoots and you have plenty of seeds you can sow a load of seeds very thickly in a larger pot (a 2litre / 8" one is perfect) and just keep snipping off the shoots like cut and come again lettuce. 🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Someone posted a video the other day showing this, and all I could think was - what a lot of fannying about. A couple of seeds in a small pot, and then remove the weakest - or just plant both, depending on your site and conditions. No messing about with lengths of wobbly, soggy guttering and trying to slide plants out.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Haha, hello Fairy,I obviously am one of those folk with too much time on my hands then!! I use those cardboardy pots, but I have been gardening (whispering it quietly,) over 60 years!!! Basically because you can plant them in the ground with contents. Probably a bit late to the party now, but I ignore "expert" advice about planting peas/beans such and such a distance apart. I would put 3/4 seeds in a pot that size,they drain,you don't need to make holes. For the yogurt pots yes. I'm in the warmest mildest se corner of the UK, and I don't direct sow anything other than beetroot or carrots, owing to mice/slugs
I really dislike those cardboard pots @Nanny Beach, and I don't see the point of buying something else when I already have loads of pots I can re use.
The card would possibly break down quicker in the ground - certainly with the soil and conditions I have, but the problem with that is - they get eaten by slugs. They don't break down well in pots - same as the toilet roll method.
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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This person is inexperienced and has asked for help - rightly so. We don't all magically 'know' stuff. I certainly wouldn't have realised mice could be eating pea/bean seeds if I sowed direct. I didn't even realise how much difference the time of year made, because so much of the info is based on what happens in warmer part of the UK.
Learning from mistakes is all very well if you have deep pockets and nothing else to do all day too, but if you fail with a plant, it makes sense to ask people with experience. That's how it works in the real world - in the 21st century [which is where we are now] where we can access help and information at the touch of a button.
If you can't be pleasant to someone new who asks for help, then maybe you shouldn't post at all. We were all total beginners at one time - presumably including yourself - unless you're some of sort of magical wizard from another planet who has known everything from birth.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
is not a good idea for newbies or those with tight budgets,
It's irrelevant whether seed is cheap or not.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've never had much success with early outdoor sowings either - thanks to mice, slugs and / or seeds rotting if the soil is too wet and cold. Yours look much better than my efforts have been in the past.
Take @Fairygirl 's advice and try some indoor sowings. Depending on the variety you've chosen and the space you have available, you could also consider making a second sowing in about 5 or 6 weeks so that you can harvest peas for a longer period.
I love pea shoots in salads and once your plants have put on a little growth you can nip off the tips to use. If you really like pea shoots and you have plenty of seeds you can sow a load of seeds very thickly in a larger pot (a 2litre / 8" one is perfect) and just keep snipping off the shoots like cut and come again lettuce. 🙂
A couple of seeds in a small pot, and then remove the weakest - or just plant both, depending on your site and conditions. No messing about with lengths of wobbly, soggy guttering and trying to slide plants out.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Enjoy your peas when they appear
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The card would possibly break down quicker in the ground - certainly with the soil and conditions I have, but the problem with that is - they get eaten by slugs. They don't break down well in pots - same as the toilet roll method.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...