1stop Organic Gardening

OK… I thought I’d given my peas enough support. But there you go - you might think you’ve done something well, but Mother Nature can make you think again sometimes!

I put in two start-droppers and ran some wire mesh between them. This would probably have been enough support, but my peas did grow quite vigorously. I’m not complaining of course, they we’re (and still are) yielding really well. But they reached the top of the mesh and just kept growing. Even that was OK for a while, but we had a strong wind…. and, well just take a look at the photo below. The mesh collapsed inward with the weight.

The yellow flowers in front of the peas are my bok choy going to seed. The peas even pushed them over a bit. The picture below is how they were looking a little over a month ago. Heaps of (white)flowers, standing up straight and tall.

So the moral of the story is to make sure you stake your climbing veggies (all climbers really) solidly, because you might underestimate their vigour and the weight of the fruiting plant/s…. especially when you’re growing organically, because the yields can be quite surprising.

Happy Organic Gardening, Healthy Living…

Julie

Filed under: Uncategorized, vegetables on August 5th, 2008