Something I learned from my anniversary trip- beans, squash and corn were traditionally grown all together. The corn grows tall. The beans are supported by the corn and grow up it. The squash grow low, are protected from the sun by the corn, and suppress weeds with their leaf coverage. They are called the"three sisters"
Thank you. I will try presoaking. I've never had good success with the pea's. They grow, they flower...and that's it. I love in Lynnwood Washington...short growth season.
Soak them overnight in water before you plant!! Especially if you live in a hotter climate. I’m in Texas. I use a wilt tolerant snap pea and soaking the seeds the night before changed my life!!
But since this guy use so many water, maybe that's also enough. Especially he use the straw to maintain the moisture there. So the dried peas drowned in the water that makes it soft.
The weather is the key. Not every place's the same. In my desert climate, ít's not easy like that to grow peas with scorching sun, dry air, and strong wind, but I'll try again. Usually it's too cold for peas, so they grow slowly, then suddenly it got too hot, so peas never grow good like that.
I always soak my peas so that they "plump" before planting. I find this makes it easier to grow and shorter time to sprout. I also only plant snow or pod peas - in which you can eat the entire thing. No waiting for the "right time" for mature peas. (Which you can often be too early or too late for the peas) Plus most don't know that the pea leaves are edible too. Tastes just like peas! I dont take too many (as plant does need them) but eat raw or add to a salad.
We used to have a wild native pea bush along my uncle and his neighbours who lived across the roads front fence, the old man raise our house grew watermelons he loved sharing with the neighbourhood, I miss when everyone had sometbing they grew or were growing and were excited to share, or at the very least knew their neighbors enough to offer
I wanted to thank you for teaching about topping the head off of a plant for more fruit. I could not believe how many peppers I have already! Thank you again
I’m about to start some peas indoors here in central texas. It’s my first time growing them and I’m very excited! Will also be in containers. Hopefully I have enough pea starts to share with friends 🌱
Once I shall my peas, I take the string away from the pod. I purée the pods them self at cinnamon, a little brown sugar, and I turning into a P hummus, and you can dip apples in it and they are really really good. You should try it.
I grew them in a pot this year too and they’re so cute 🥰 I think they may be a favorite. Do you think they can handle the summer heat of Virginia? For a second sewing
I had a weird year for my peas and my pole beans. The stems on them kept breaking a few inches up from the ground. I'm not sure if it was the wind blowing them around (although the beans were on poles and the peas are on a trellis). Can dry weather then rain cause the stems to break on their own? I hadn't mulched them yet so maybe? I'm hoping mulch will solve the issue and hoping it wasn't field mice or something chewing on them. (There has been no evidence of chewing on anything in the garden, including the actual pea pods so probably not that?)
My pea plants are turning yellow & the leaves are drying up & falling off... I always make sure to only water when the soil is dry, not moist to prevent overwatering... yet they're still growing pea pods all the same despite this. What is your opinion to save them?
@@BrettHunter97 Are you perhaps on Instagram? Am part of a big houseplant and gardening community, alot of new things I learn daily if I want to, have been part of the community for 3 years now and tbh it is one of my happiest places on earth along with my garden 😌
Right after the last frost is the best time for most places in the US. If you live in a mild climate zone, you can also grow in the Fall, since peas is a cool weather crops. I live in the desert climate, so it's very hard for me to grow peas, not easy like that.
Peas dont like heat and they dry out easily. It could have been too much sun or not enough water if they were dry. If they werent drying out then it was over watering, which makes it hard for them to get nutrients
