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Hi everyone, can anyone tell me why when i plant my snow pea/ ordinary pea seedlings, why they will wilt and 90% of the time turn their roots up and snorkle it???

One of my beds is powering away and the other is in need of planting now.... in perth, what are people growing successfully, or about to plant in the coming week??

cheers

Same deal with my snow peas. It seems that the bottom part withers first. I thought it might be that the bottom leaves where touching moist clay balls so I have tried to keep them tied up which seems to be working but only have two plants left. Top leaves seem to be ok. I put some broad beans in 11 days ago and they have very impressive growth. Seen the movie, 'Day of the Triffids'?
Silverbeet ,of course, and broccoli,cabbage and leeks.
Im shoving everything in. Brussel sprouts, Roma toms and assorted onions.

I have any gods amount of toms in the front dirt garden, broc and cauli's are powering away... not sure if is right or not but i have corn powering away and celery...
off to Bunnings now for a few things so i might grab more stuff for the beds too..

Yep, my corn is doing well also. Have fun at 'B'

I have the same issue with snowpeas...not sure why

Well, What did you buy from 'B' ,Stevesmartt?

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in perth, what are people growing successfully, or about to plant in the coming week??

cheers[/quote]
i have to say my best efforts have been with silverbeet which is a shame cause we dont realy eat it

have recently planted sweedes and turnips but they are not looking happy
beetroots are coming nicely though

my peas have only just sprouted, been in for weeks but i forgot to raise the growbed flood depth to get them goin so they waited for the rain hope they do better than yours

Cheers
pete

DELGRADE! why dont you like silverbeet.? Steam it for a few minutes then put a blob of butter on it.

You might just be putting peas in a little early. They like the cooler weather. For me I have to go late late fall...overall your winters and spring might just be a little to warm for them in Perth. One way might be to start them early fall indoors to give them a head start and transplant outside once temps start dropping. This year mine took 4 months to start producing and are starting to fall off after 5 months. Mom told be the other day that she read somewhere that the pea plants themselves can be eaten...just fry up with a little butter and salt. I have not tried it yet though.

Peas actually usually like warm for germination but grow, flower and fruit best with cool though not freezing temperatures.

Even though the peas might not do very well during the heat, I've had them survive with a little shade well into summer here, but as I said, they were not looking good.

Yes, the plants are edible, there are even varieties of peas that are sold particularly for their shoots, vine tips and tendrils.

I had dwarf beans growing through summer and they produced a reasonable crop. At the moment I have brocoli, cauli, leeks, onions, lettuce, silverbeat and the last few tomatoes and eggplants. Is there any point in keeping the tomato and eggplant going. The plants look healthy and have fruit on them....are they likely to ripen with the cool weather?

If you dont get heavy frosts, leave them in, just cut them right back. They will go off come spring

I have not tried the pea shoots yet, but the bunnies LOVE them! To my supprise the new pea plants that I put in early spring have started producing - so some heavy shade and we will see how far they go into the summer.

My dwarf peas have started great so far
Sowed 2.5wks ago and are about 4-5in high

For anyone that cares - we finally got around to trying pea shoots today. My take is the leaves are very tasty!! Very tasty!! The stocks though were pretty tough and we all picked them out. When I do it again, I would pluck the leaves and runners off and set them aside. Steam the stocks until tender and then toss in with leaves, runners and pods in a pan with butter and S&P. Did I say the leaves are very tasty! All in all they get a thumbs up but technique needs to be refined.