What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

can anyone confirm that trellising peas produces a better crop than just letting them run along the ground?

 

[chicken opey]

Cucumbers are loving all the rain!
Found my first horn worm on the beefsteak tomatoes. The lil chicks loved it!
More rain expected. I now sink down in all parts of yard bc it’s so wet.

 

[5.3acredream]

can anyone confirm that trellising peas produces a better crop than just letting them run along the ground?

I can't think of a reason that you would like them to run on the ground. They grow great upright and stay dry and clean that way.

 

[jerryse]

Mowed some until the rain started. Heavy rain now.

 

[chicken opey]

can anyone confirm that trellising peas produces a better crop than just letting them run along the ground?

Better crop meaning more beans? Idk. But I do know you can see them better. My back won’t let me look for them on the ground unless you were just going to harvest whole vine and pick them off at once? The more you pick, the more you produce. I even put my bush limas in raised beds bc of back.

If you do it, let us know.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

can anyone confirm that trellising peas produces a better crop than just letting them run along the ground?

+1 Never grew them on the ground and keep us informed of the results if you try it.

 

[Rick589]

I can't think of a reason that you would like them to run on the ground. They grow great upright and stay dry and clean that way.

I usually get varieties that don’t absolutely need trellising and just let them run. Usually get a pretty good crop but just thinking of changing things up a bit for my fall planting.

 

[Rick589]

+1 Never grew them on the ground and keep us informed of the results if you try it.

I’ve always let them just run, they get all gnarled up and require more hunting, which for me is akin to the treasure hunt of digging potatoes. I usually get a pretty good harvest and in a weird way the gnarled mess actually seems to assist in rabbit protection

 

[Smokerbill]

I have two rows of peas a few feet apart in one bed, one on a short trellis and the other spilling over the side. I picked them yesterday and I got more peas from the trellis peas. Could be that I didn't find all of them on the low row, or maybe the peas on the trellis actually produced better.

I do know that it's much easier to find and pick the peas on the trellis without damaging the vines. When I move the vines on the ground around I sometimes hear the vines crack and crunch like they're getting kinked. Maybe the damage makes them produce less???



I have another row on a trellis in a different bed that are just starting to make peas. Those vines are already 5 feet tall. I plant them in double rows, 6 or 8 inches apart with the trellis positioned inbetween.

 

[cj2024]

I wish my oregano plant was doing that good.

The oregano plant I have in a moderately shaded area is thriving, but the one in direct sunlight is struggling.