Mel M - it is possible that the other seeds were stolen by mice or birds rather than it being a soil problem. I had a load of disturbance first time I tried peas, but no peas missing - I try to cover bare seeded soil now with pieces of wire mesh / chicken wire just until the seedlings come through.
I have some carrots in a deep compost bag on top of my coal bunker, a couple of weeks ago I noticed someone had been digging next to one of the carrots and had been filling the hole with Rowan berries, so I definitely have seed liking, hole digging wildlife using my garden
I had major problems with bean/pea maggot this year, over came it with the beans by using effervesent vit tablets sprinkled on them when planting, also only just covered the beans with soil, did the trick
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Mel M - it is possible that the other seeds were stolen by mice or birds rather than it being a soil problem. I had a load of disturbance first time I tried peas, but no peas missing - I try to cover bare seeded soil now with pieces of wire mesh / chicken wire just until the seedlings come through.
I have some carrots in a deep compost bag on top of my coal bunker, a couple of weeks ago I noticed someone had been digging next to one of the carrots and had been filling the hole with Rowan berries, so I definitely have seed liking, hole digging wildlife using my garden
im on a new plot so I tried three types to see which grew best
I grew champion of England (very tall and not much crop for it)
Kelvdon wonder (short with a good crop, but I had to double sow due to germination problems)
and Hurst greenshaft (by far the best, easily reachable and high yield)
Hurst greenshaft next year it is!