Cat ate half my snow pea plant
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Cat ate half my snow pea plant
Hey guys need to know what you guys think. This a 5 week old plant....... Freakin cats found there way to my seedling and ate half the damn snow pea plant...... Uploading pics need to know if you think the plant will recover from this.....
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
I know cats can have unusual food choices but peas is a first.
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
Oh boy. Those darned cats, right? Tell them they are not rabbits. 
Mine have been eating my marjoram as hairball upchuck aid or something.... 
I'm pretty sure peas will grow side shoots and recover.
But you should try to plant those out very soon. Once peas are ready to vine like that, they start growing deep roots and can be sensitive to root disturbance -- in this case, the peat pots can be significant obstruction while they are dry. It's actually usually best to make slits, remove bottoms, or peel them off (But you can't do that if the roots have already grown into them). They are also brittle with hollow stems and can kink and bend easily. You want them growing where they will grow before it's too difficult to transplant. Right now, with top pruned by your cats, might be the perfect opportunity. (Maybe that's what your cats were telling you.)
Mine have been eating my marjoram as hairball upchuck aid or something.... I'm pretty sure peas will grow side shoots and recover.
But you should try to plant those out very soon. Once peas are ready to vine like that, they start growing deep roots and can be sensitive to root disturbance -- in this case, the peat pots can be significant obstruction while they are dry. It's actually usually best to make slits, remove bottoms, or peel them off (But you can't do that if the roots have already grown into them). They are also brittle with hollow stems and can kink and bend easily. You want them growing where they will grow before it's too difficult to transplant. Right now, with top pruned by your cats, might be the perfect opportunity. (Maybe that's what your cats were telling you.)
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
Your cats are looking for greens. I keep a low pot with wheat grass/oat grass in it for my cat. She'll sit in it and munch, she leaves the other plants alone. dogs will eat it, too. I get the stuff at the feed store.
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
i keep loads of plants around for them to munch on..... but thank you all for the info........illl get therm planted out side soon.
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Re: Cat ate half my snow pea plant
Peas are a cool weather crop and can be planted (seed) directly out in the garden. Make a pea patch. Plant 4 rows of peas .
It takes a lot of plants to make a bucketful of pods.
It takes a lot of plants to make a bucketful of pods.
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