pea 'Early Onward'
pea
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist but well drained
A highly popular pea ideal for starting early in the season, this is among the first pea varieties to mature, bringing the harvest forward by weeks. The high yield of blunt-nosed pods tightly-packed with well-flavoured peas is borne on compact plants at about 60cm high, so you barely need to support them: they're ideal for growing in containers. The flowers are edible too and look pretty sprinkled over salads. - Growing Instructions:Make a broad flat-bottomed drill 5cm deep and 10cm wide and place the peas in a double row, Protect from mice and slugs. If growing in containers, sow about 10 seeds to a 35cm pot. If support is needed, poke short twiggy peasticks in among the plants as they grow. Guttering is an ideal container for early sowings: make drainage holes, then fill with compost and sow in rows. Plant outside by sliding the complete row into the ground without disturbing the roots.
- Sow: March-May
- Harvest: June-August
- Approximate quantity: 350 seeds.
Pea & bean / plant support netting
Pea & bean / plant support netting
Vertical or horizontal support netting
broad bean 'Masterpiece Green Longpod'
broad bean
Superb flavour and heavy yields
runner bean 'Lady Di'
runner bean
Lots of long slender beans
Giant easy polytunnel cloche
Giant easy polytunnel cloche
Giant Poly Tunnels are ideal for winter and early spring vegetables
Kitchen garden cloche
Kitchen garden cloche
A sturdy, high quality, long lasting and stylish growing cover.
Raised bed
Raised bed
Made of recycled plastic these beds are perfect for raising a wide range of veg
Borlotti bean 'Lingua di Fuoco'
Borlotti bean
Variegated borlotti bean with pinkish red splodges on white.
yellow bean 'Cornetti Meraviglia di Venezia'
bean - climbing yellow
Wide, flat, meaty yellow Dwarf French Bean that is stringless.
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