Pea help???

[wifezilla]

I have tried to grow peas several times before. They were pathetic because I started too late, the weather got too hot, and I was lucky to get enoug peas to put a few on top of my salad.

This year I planted early, the weather has stayed pretty cool, and my pea plants are from 2-3' tall. The problem? Not a SINGLE FLOWER!

So what did I do wrong??

 

[me&thegals]

Maybe the flowers are on their way?

 

[Greenthumb18]

Yeah maybe you should wait a few days their probably not ready to put flowers yet.

 

[4grandbabies]

They probably will just start blooming out soon. I woke up this morning to Green bean blooms...totally thought it was too soon, what a surprise! My squash started blooming a couple of days ago, we have had a lot of rain at night then warm days, they must have liked that. We did not try peas this year.

 

[Catalina]

Mine have just barely started to bloom. I'd give them a few more days.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi wifezilla

They are just not yet mature enough !! Patience my friend! I always reckon on Just under my shoulder height (& I am 5' 4" tall). You usually get a few flowers a bit sooner. I think this year everything is much slower & later developing.

They will get there soon. I can understand your longings though -- I am the same Mine get eaten (by me) in the garden, beside the stand of peas --YUM, YUM...........!!

Your time WILL COME........... !


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[wifezilla]

Usually I got flowers when the plants were only about a foot tall. That is why I am baffled. Maybe I have just never seen a healthy pea plant before...LOLLOLOLOL

If no flowers by next week I will report back.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm not going to argue with the others as they are probably right. I've learned that patience is often a good thing, especially in a garden.

Did you plant them in an area unusually rich in nitrogen? My reference says to not feed them a lot of nitrogen. It does not say why, which I don't like, but certain crops will spend more energy producing foilage than fruit in a nitrogen-rich soil. I don't know if peas is one of them.

What I'd kind of expect may have happened (see how I waffle) is that the peas were in a nitrogen-rich soil and encountered great growing conditions due to the cool weather and spent energy growing foilage instead of flowering, so they are bigger than normal before they start to flower. Here's hoping you wind up with a great crop.

 

[wifezilla]

I used duck poo compost in that bed, so it could be high in nitrogen. If that is the issue, how do I encourage some flowers to come out?

 

[wifezilla]

Anybody?