Everyone Can Grow A Garden (2018) #9: Grow Peas in Gutters
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2018
- Garden columnist Susan Mulvihill demonstrates an unusual way to grow peas, using gutters. She also creates natural supports for them in the garden, using branches. From Susan's in the Garden, SusansintheGarden.com.
Хобби
This is an established way of planting peas on allotments in the uk. It makes quick work of planting and you can get them much closer than planting in separate pots. I grow mine up a fence and tie in with garden twine. They need well watering in at the start with some organic material at the bottom of the trench. I would say that if first planted and left in a polytunnel or green house to be mindful of our little friends the mice. They love the peas and will eat them if given the chance.
Thank you for sharing this, Julia, and it's nice to meet you!
very nice. i have been using orchard branches from pruning in my garden for a long time. as i am a very cheap old fart and want to have the least impact on our planet, i stay away from plastics as much as possible. i also make archways with larger tree branches (great for blackberry bushes). very nice lattice design you have here. i do something similar and i weave them to add more structural strength.
I saw the same video. So I'm excited to see how this will work for you! One thing I did this year was to plant two snow peas and one Sweetpea repeating!. I'm excited for the flowers to bring pollinaters to my garden and the beautiful sweet aroma all season long!
Awesome !! Thanks so much Susan 😊
I'm glade I found your channel. I just planted some peas and didn't know you could plant them that close. I'll do that next season. New Sub💖
LOVE your trellising! I enjoy the natural supports idea. We use a lot of cattle panels at this point. They work but not so attactive.
Thanks, Gail! Cattle panels are awesome. I'm having fun trying to think of cool ways to support some of my plants.
This is awesome. I've heard of this but never watched it. I'm goin to hav to try this
excellent job Thanks
What a great idea 💡
Great idea. I look forward to their progress. Thanks for sharing. I cut all my twig supports in winter. One year I cut them in Spring and the sapplings and twigs grew. :0)
Yes, that can certainly happen and I've also seen that in English gardens. Very cool.
Thank you the great video.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when the video began. It’s nice when things come together. Thank you for the idea & the video
Just a thought Susan, if you weave those branches in n out you will have a wall of woven branches, mush stronger.....?
It looks lovely, I have been watching Monte Don's "Garden World" and they use this type of fences, just love 'em!
Hi again, PJD. I did weave the branches in and out after another person's comment and it's much stronger now. Thanks for taking the time to suggest it!
The garden is the best place to have a squeaky kneeler😁
True!
Oh forgot to mention, that with those lovely long branches, I don't think I would have cut them off, just left them long, just in case the peas or what your growing got taller than you thought, plus you could use it for something else, just a thought?
Love your video's and your garden, and all the birds too! TFS
Hi, PJD. Thanks so much for the nice comments. I certainly hope the pea vines grow the length the seed packet stated, or I goofed!
YUP. Gotta support your peas.. especially in wide rows. Learned that about 30 years ago. Same result you got... they looked OK til picking time, then the whole pile just fell over. I thought .."Never Again! " for me, I like not having to "find" new stuff for my supports. Have been using the same plastic fence for the last 10 years or so. I wait till the peas are up an inch or two then put up the fence. also the watering system goes in even though it wont be used too much for a while.
I've got a set up like your boxes, and have a chicken fence running around it. It helps keeping down the bugs, ie. grasshoppers. Have you ever considered that. Good video.
Hi, Cory. I love this idea! Let's see if my husband will go for it. ;o)
It's nice watching videos who are actually experts and know what they're talking about!
itworks good.
I always hose peas up. argh.
Here the birds went at my peas even when the pea plants were few feet tall. SO what gives?
Oh, that is so frustrating and annoying. Have you tried using some toy snakes on and around the planting to frighten them? And another thing we've done is to wrap some floating row cover around the perimeter of the planting to keep the birds away but will allow the sunlight to hit the plants. Just a couple of thoughts.
Love your channel. Question...are peas normally planted that close/intensively or are you doin something different than normal? Thx
Yes, you can sow them 2-3" apart because the plants grow up rather than out.
Just as a follow-up, I did plant the pea seeds a bit closer together because I was doing more of a "wide row" planting. The pea vines grew beautifully so apparently we can get away with that! Take care.
Susan's In The Garden thx for the info! We’ve planted close together running up netting to make a wall-o-peas but always thought might be planting too close together as we sometimes get powdery mildew as the peas finish up each season...
I’ve found it’s common for peas (and squash) to get powdery mildew late in the season, but it’s more of an aesthetic issue. I just ignore it!
Susan's In The Garden this year we sprayed our peas & cukes with a 60/40 mix of water to skim milk at first sign of
Pm and pretty much eradicated the issue until almost season end...
Can we use peat moss to prevent dampening off?
Hi there. I did some quick research for you and apparently peat moss can contain the damping-off pathogens, so you definitely don't want to use it!
@@SusansInTheGarden would you mind sharing the brand and exact name of the moss you use? I searched sphagnam moss on Home Depot and Lowe’s and it is only showing results for a product called sphagnam peat moss.
@@SusansInTheGarden I saw you video that just came out and was able to find the one you showed on amazon! Thanks for the information and all you do.
Did you not weave the twigs ?
The gutter idea is really cool
Hmm, didn't think of that! So glad you enjoyed the video.
Hello again. I did weave them after seeing your comment and it's much stronger. Thanks for the suggestion.
:) that is nice ! We weave our stalks but post harvest they are a nuisance !!
Uh oh!