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Post by ferdzy on Jul 6, 2012 12:06:50 GMT -5
Mayz, I haven't heard of Surgevil peas before. Can you tell me about anything about them?
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 6, 2012 15:30:07 GMT -5
My peas. That 106 degree June Day pretty much finished the peas. All that's left to do is hull them. Mayz that's an amazing harvest. Attachments:
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Post by edwin on Jul 6, 2012 19:03:01 GMT -5
As long as it does not get above the low 90's  we seem to be on a roll. Tasted some peas at our local 100 mile store - they weren't good. I think Ferdzy selected well: Tall Telephone, Spanish Skyscraper, 1st and best #2 (not really recommended - on the small side) |
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Post by caledonian on Jul 6, 2012 20:59:57 GMT -5
Few of my peas survived attacks by rabbits that squeezed through the gap between fence and gate until the community garden people closed it. Even fewer are making it through the sudden high heat we've had for the past few days.
But a few, which seem to have been sheltered by the rat-tail radish I grew around them, are producing. One cream-flowered plant and one purple-podded seem to be doing especially well. Alas, I don't know what happened to my Golden Sweet. The Parsley Pea is thriving.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 6, 2012 21:24:16 GMT -5
I am still picking heavily and I can't believe it. I have never had a good harvest from them at my location. But now beans are hot and heavy too so that is a lot of picking time! I plan to do one more picking on the snap and shelling and pull them Sunday. The snow peas have been weeded and pole beans seeded under them. I will let them go a few more days.
I picked a half peck from each type even though I have 50 feet of snow, 100 feet of Tall Telephone and 150 feet of snap. So weird because the Super Sugar Snap are supposed to be so PM resistant but they are the only one with it.
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Post by mayz on Jul 7, 2012 3:08:51 GMT -5
Mayz, I haven't heard of Surgevil peas before. Can you tell me about anything about them? Surgevil is a early dwarf pea with wrinkled seeds. This pea is also resistant to powdery mildew and mosaic. Initially released by Vilmorin (a french seed company) but Vilmorin has stopped the marketing of Surgevil recently. Delbard continues to sell it. So Surgevil is now probably in the public domain as it is not in the European Catalogue this year |
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 7, 2012 6:49:30 GMT -5
Thanks, Mayz. Interesting how things come and go. I just discovered a pea called Dual the year before it all but completely disappeared from the market... I'm keeping it going because it is my favourite but while it is available a few places in the U.S. I don't think anyone in Canada is selling it. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with how good of a variety it is.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 12, 2012 13:35:04 GMT -5
Some of the individuals in one of my plantings of peas have dried up and died without flowering. The rest of the row is barely starting to flower and set pods. Way Late!!!!
And the variety is....
Biskopen's Purple Seeded pea.
The young seed pods contain peas that are already purple colored. If they survive the heat, perhaps there is the possibility for a harvest.
I am already harvesting dried seed from other peas that were planted on the same day, a few days after spring snow-melt. The earliest peas have already returned to dust.
I'm really pleased with this years snow and snap peas... They are greatly improved over the first so called "edible pod" peas that I tried a long time ago.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jul 12, 2012 18:14:20 GMT -5
Yep, sounds about right on target with my growing them last year. Biskopens is a late pea. Mine haven't flowered yet either, and are looking fairly good. I think Biskopens can take the heat and possibly drought in it's adult stage, but it sure had a tough time earlier this season when all the fires were going. Mine seem recovered now and are tall. I had thought Biskopens was going to be a gonner this year, but i might get a descent crop yet.
The winners for me were:
1. Canoe (descent shelling pea with good harvest)
2. Carouby de M. (overall pretty good)
3. Virescens Mutante (for drought and heat resistance, but not sure about flavor)
4. Sugar Magnolia
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 12, 2012 18:48:54 GMT -5
Never heard of Canoe before. Sounds interesting, I will have to look for it. I love Carouby de Mausanne, but so do the damn deer. I will only get enough to provide seed for next year, plus one or two I was able to munch in the garden in between attacks. Holly was kind enough to send me some sugar magnolia this spring and I really like it a lot, and will definitely grow it next year again. (Wrote a blog post about it, in fact. seasonalontariofood.blogspot.ca/2012/07/sugar-magnolia-snap-peas.htmlNever heard of Virescens Mutante, and when I google it... I get this page. Biskopens sounds fascinating. |
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 13, 2012 19:37:23 GMT -5
The winner for my season was Mammoth Melting. I am going to attempt a fall crop.
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Post by mayz on Jul 18, 2012 5:43:53 GMT -5
My peas are done. Total harvest 4,2 kg of cleaned peas on 5 square meters. I have already saved "dried" peas for seeds but with the rains (90 liters/square meters in 10 days) a large part of seeds germinate in the pods.
After the peas, I sow Valerianella a very popular green in Europe.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 18, 2012 12:25:37 GMT -5
I am still getting snow peas but the late pole beans I seeded under them will be climbing them soon so they will be ripped out- well more like cut out. All the other peas are done and will be ripped out tomorrow and seeded with alfalfa for a month then fall spinach and lettuce. I wish I wasn't behind...
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 30, 2012 22:09:37 GMT -5
Update: I stopped picking my snow peas and was out of town and didn't pull out the plants yet. Yes they are still producing quite well. I think if you were to hill up the PM on the bottom you may be able to keep them going all summer. Again they are Mammoth Melting. They are unbelievable! |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Aug 1, 2012 13:41:17 GMT -5
Never heard of Canoe before. Sounds interesting, I will have to look for it. I love Carouby de Mausanne, but so do the damn deer. I will only get enough to provide seed for next year, plus one or two I was able to munch in the garden in between attacks. Holly was kind enough to send me some sugar magnolia this spring and I really like it a lot, and will definitely grow it next year again. (Wrote a blog post about it, in fact. seasonalontariofood.blogspot.ca/2012/07/sugar-magnolia-snap-peas.htmlNever heard of Virescens Mutante, and when I google it... I get this page. Biskopens sounds fascinating. If your interested in Biskopens you can order some from here but it is known as Bishops grey www.annapolisseeds.com/peas_10.htmlYeah Canoe / Markana were very productive long pods. Magnolia Blossom did very well and seems to still be producing but i think from slow germinating seeds. Virescens m. Did well in the heat but had poor flavor that one was from the german seed bank. Carouby did well. Some wando i planted in july are coming up and look to be doing well. |
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we seem to be on a roll. 
