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peas and frost

buttercup4buttercup4 Posts: 23
in Fruit & veg

Hello I have grown some peas in pots as last year the wood pigeons got them. I would like to plant them out now but am worried about frost. Will frost damage peas?  

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  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    No-well not at this time of year.

  • buttercup4buttercup4 Posts: 23

    Ok thank you. I was not sure as two years ago frost got my runner beans!  

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    Runner beans are a tender veg-they don't like the cold let alone a frost.

    Peas are hardier

  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731

    Peas are remarkable plants. They cope amazingly with frost when young. In fact, better when they're younger than more mature.

    Beans are an entirely different proposition. They're strictly warm weather creatures.

  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731

    Almost a cross post!

  • buttercup4buttercup4 Posts: 23

    Thanks both of you I feel a lot happier now.

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