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Vinca

(51,258 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2012, 08:09 AM Feb 2012

Can anyone recommend a bush pea?

I was thinking about putting in a couple of rows of peas this spring, but I don't really want to do the whole trellis thing (lazy gardener). Has anyone had good luck with a particular variety of bush pea that doesn't require staking?

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Can anyone recommend a bush pea? (Original Post) Vinca Feb 2012 OP

I like to plant edible pod peas. I use tomato cages and plant them around the bottom. shraby Feb 2012 #1

Do tomato cages keep bunnies away and act like a trellis? Ruby Reason Feb 2012 #3

The tomato cages act like trellises, and the bunnies don't seem to bother them at all. shraby Feb 2012 #4

Thanks, this could be an answer for us. I was considering porch potting beans so we would actually Ruby Reason Feb 2012 #5

Whatever is available from a "scoop your own" garden center. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #2

shraby

(21,946 posts)

1. I like to plant edible pod peas. I use tomato cages and plant them around the bottom.

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 09:42 PM

Feb 2012

I like the edible pods peas cause I usually eat them right out in the garden as does
my grown daughter and husband..they just walk down the row chowing down.

Ruby Reason

(242 posts)

3. Do tomato cages keep bunnies away and act like a trellis?

Reply to shraby (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:07 AM

Feb 2012

Any upkeep needed? Guiding the growing plant like it is a tomato? I find my time is so short that soon I have a large wild plant I can't seem to control.

shraby

(21,946 posts)

4. The tomato cages act like trellises, and the bunnies don't seem to bother them at all.

Reply to Ruby Reason (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 08:28 AM

Feb 2012

And we do have bunnies, and I don't know why they don't bother.

Ruby Reason

(242 posts)

5. Thanks, this could be an answer for us. I was considering porch potting beans so we would actually

Reply to shraby (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 09:14 AM

Feb 2012

get some and not just add energy to our long eared friends hopping friends!

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. Whatever is available from a "scoop your own" garden center.

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:05 PM

Feb 2012

They all produce about the same amount and I couldn't distinguish the flavor between varieties. Don't bother with packets. Find somewhere that has a "price per scoop" in a small paper bag approach. They sprout better. Be the ware, for here there are bunnies! The fuckers eat most of my sprouts. That and the beans. For some reason, they just LOVE those things.

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