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Re: snap peas

Ed Flynn told us how he presprouts pea seeds to be the early-spring cold
weather:

>...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.

What a good idea.  I had never heard anybody could transplant peas.  Just
assumed it didn't work since few or no books discuss the process.  Thanks,
Ed--this may be a very workable plan if we have another cold wet one this
spring in the mid-Atlantic states (zone 7).

In a "normal" year, it's cool until late April and then gets pretty hot
quite suddenly.  We sometimes have virtually no spring at all--just cherry
blossoms and then the Big Heat.

>Quite often my peas go into soil that was covered with plastic during the
winter
>and is ready and waiting for them.

Bet this is part of Ed's secret.  Well worth a trial!

--Janet

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