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Re: trellis for peas?

At 02:24 PM 2/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>However, I bought all my seeds and peas of the "Early Perfection" variety
>are among those waiting to be seeded and put in the garden.  The packet says
>they will stand on their own but when I planted them last year, they fell
>over and the pods rotted.  What should I stake these to?  Do they need a
>vertical rack like I've seen on some gardens?  And just how do you stake up
>the plants?  I find the tomato cages wasteful and plan on using strong thick
>dowels for them, but I have no idea how to stake up ANY of the plants.
>

And you believed the packet? ;-)

I use the standard vertical frame, using trellis netting instead of vertical
strings. I've had to be vigilant about training the peas to actually go
through the net, though. They can climb all over *each other* without really
using the net, and look well supported until the wind blows the whole mess
over. When this happened, i wrapped some string around the frame
horizontally to keep the peas in place.

Another idea i've seen is to grow a couple of rows of peas *between* two
trellises.

Among non-square-footers dead branches and dowel-supported horizontal
strings seem to be supports of choice. The first IMHO is ugly, and the
second works only if you have a short variety. I wouldn't think of growing
my 6' high Sugar Snaps on anything other trellis netting.

I think the Bartholemew-style frames are well worth the initial construction
effort.

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