General information and discussion about cultivating beans, peas, peanuts, clover and vetch.
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March 21, 2013 | #31 |
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Silly me! Didn't think of the obvious option. Circus folk! A human pyramid would work quite well.
If you don't happen to know any circus folk, a pack of cheerleaders would probably do the trick just fine. One guy on the bottom, a "flyer" standing on his shoulders and a couple of spotters, just for safety purposes. Maybe they would work for a share of the peas. |
March 25, 2013 | #32 |
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Raybo!
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March 25, 2013 | #33 |
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Ray- What do you DO with all those snow peas, assuming you get to them? I just have one Earth Box planted and Its plenty for me!
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March 25, 2013 | #34 |
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Linda,
Yes, I also add 2 cups lime. Neighbors get the majority of the excess snow peas. They will be served by a neighbor at their seder table this evening. He is my wife's OB/GYN - so I have to be extra nice to him. Raybo |
March 25, 2013 | #35 |
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Its been 75-80 up here pretty much lately and my snow peas are on the patio which gets a lot of reflected heat, thus, they are starting to fade. I just had 3 large Fruitless Mulberrys removed so I can set up my boxes over the dirt/gravel in the future. It sure is nice to walk outside and grab a handful for dinner or snack!
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March 25, 2013 | #36 |
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March 25, 2013 | #37 |
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March 25, 2013 | #38 |
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I wish my sugar snap peas grew as well as yours. Mines grow over the 5 foot cages and then flops over it, sometimes at sharp bends that looks like they should have died. But the tops still produce peas and it becomes easy picking.
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March 25, 2013 | #39 |
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Oookaay - First, you dig a long sloping trench finishing about 8 feet deep. Manoeuvre one of the grow boxes (carefully) down to the bottom. You should be able to reach the peas now. Use the excavated dirt to build a ramp reaching up to the other grow boxes, just like the Egyptians built the pyramids. Now you should be able to reach those peas as well.
By the way, do you like the taste of those peas (and pods)?
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March 25, 2013 | #40 |
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salix,
Your idea reminds me how the Romans took Masada. I am finding the Sugar Snap Peas taste very similar to the Oregon Giant Snow Peas. Raybo |
April 3, 2013 | #41 |
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Holy Toledo Batman! Those are some pretty amazing looking snowpeas!
Raybo, it seems to me no matter what you grow, you grow it exceptionally well! Something for me to aspire to (with a little luck and a lot more warmth and sunshine!)
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April 3, 2013 | #42 |
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My dilemma on how to pick the 9 ft. tall peas has been solved! We had a storm blow through the area on Saturday from the East and fortunately, it blew the Sugar Snap Peas down on to the front of the cages:
Now, I'll be able to get on a short ladder and snag the peas more easily. Sometimes you just get lucky........ Raybo |
April 4, 2013 | #43 | |
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April 4, 2013 | #44 |
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Have fun trying to get all the ripe ones in that mass of bush! I seem to always find missed ones by just moving over a step and changing my angle of view, or waiting for the sun to go behind a cloud. Then the next day -- now how did I miss that fat one? I don't envy you doing it on a stepladder ... wait ... I DO envy you! Just be careful.
How long a picking season do you get from a planting? Have you been keeping track of first and last picks from a container of peas? I'm never sure if my peas poop out from the heat of summer, of just reach the end of vine life.
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April 4, 2013 | #45 |
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Dee,
First time growing Sugar Snap Peas, so I don't know how long the picking duration will last. The Snow Peas give me about 1 month of harvest, that is why I start multiple EarthTainers 3 weeks apart. Raybo |
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