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Author: phorbinphorbin Date: May 10, 2008 10:40
In article news.execulink.com>, phorbin1
@yahoo.com says...>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I bought some Cavalier seeds (peas) from my Organic supplier.
>>
>> Unfortunately only about one in five actually produces a plant.
>>
>> Is this typical?
>>
>> Would appreciate any advice.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Brian
>
> What kind of weather are you having?
>
> Last year we had few germinate in an overwarm spring and then in an
> August cool spell the rest came on.
Following up my own post.
Peas like cool weather.
We've not done so, but when my wife was working as a garden helper, they
used ice on the soil over peas to get them to germinate. I forget
whether they put the peas in late, or the spring was too warm.
Germination is typically near 100%% here.
...and we were worrying about the peas until our recent cool spell. Most
have since, germinated and are growing nicely.
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