Pea plants stalled?
This is only my second time planting peas. I planted the seeds about 5 weeks ago. I was happy when they came up quickly and grew to a few inches tall. But they have been basically at that same short height ever since. I gave them some Miracle Grow a couple weeks ago which didn't seem to do much. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I feel like they just stopped growing. They look green and healthy otherwise. Not sure what the cause is or what to do about it. Or am I just being impatient? I don't recall this happening last year.
Yeah, that sounds a bit late. They're supposed to go in the ground as soon as it can be worked. I still had a snowbank when I planted mine.
Are they getting enough light? Mine seemed slow to take off, until the last few weeks when the sun was higher in the sky and they got significantly more light.
Is it the same variety as you planted last year?
Are they getting enough light? Mine seemed slow to take off, until the last few weeks when the sun was higher in the sky and they got significantly more light.
Is it the same variety as you planted last year?
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While we're on the subject, one of the sources for sugar snap peas writes "yields well in both hot and cold weather." Does anyone here have experience growing this particular cultivar in hot weather? I'm curious when they will quit, as my pole beans are taking them over. I will have to sacrifice them in not too much longer, as there is not room for them and all the beans that are growing in. I'm hoping I can get away with cutting the peas of at the ground, and stripping their leaves, because the beans are grown up all around their stems. There is no way I could extricate them.
To the OP: you might still get a bit of luck. At my daughter's preschool, they planted some peas around the same time you did. I went over and built them a trellis a couple weeks ago (they are not all that skilled at garden planning). It looked to me like they weren't going to do much of anything. But last week I saw them starting to find the trellis, and a couple of them were flowering.
To the OP: you might still get a bit of luck. At my daughter's preschool, they planted some peas around the same time you did. I went over and built them a trellis a couple weeks ago (they are not all that skilled at garden planning). It looked to me like they weren't going to do much of anything. But last week I saw them starting to find the trellis, and a couple of them were flowering.
Thank you all for the responses.
@kayjay I did try a different variety this year. Last year's variety did produce, just not very much. I chose one this year that was supposed to grow larger and produce more. They do get a lot of sun. We haven't had a lot of hot weather yet though, was hoping that would help them.
Maybe just need to get them started earlier. With my profession (tax accountant) it's difficult for me to get out to the garden until early May. Don't know if they could be started indoors in March sometime and then transplanted outside?
Thanks again.
@kayjay I did try a different variety this year. Last year's variety did produce, just not very much. I chose one this year that was supposed to grow larger and produce more. They do get a lot of sun. We haven't had a lot of hot weather yet though, was hoping that would help them.
Maybe just need to get them started earlier. With my profession (tax accountant) it's difficult for me to get out to the garden until early May. Don't know if they could be started indoors in March sometime and then transplanted outside?
Thanks again.
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Subject: Is there more than one way to grow PEAS?
Subject: Is there more than one way to grow PEAS?
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