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snap peas
J Wintermute wrote:
> I don't think you can plant seeds reliably in dirt that remains bunched when
> you squeeze a handful of it. That is, if it's too wet to unbundle after
> squeezing, wait until the soil is drier.
This is probably true, but when I want to get a head start on the season, I
pre-sprout my peas in wet peat moss in a bottle or in wet paper towells in a
plastic bag. Once peas have sprouted they can take cold soil rather well, whereas
they would fail to sprout and just rot if put into cold wet soil unsprouted.
If your soil is in good shape, you can work the barely sprouted seeds into it
with little or no dammage.
Quite often my peas go into soil that was covered with plastic during the winter
and is ready and waiting for them.
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