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10 Oct 12, Karina (Australia - temperate climate)

Is it ok to move my growing snow pea plant?

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30 Sep 12, Sylvia (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have Snow Peas growing and look great, flowers etc do I need to pinch out the top so they bush out. The packet said they grew to approx 90 cm. and they are to about that now.

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06 Jun 12, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I have so many snow pea plants and so many flowers, but no snow peas. Why would that be?

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22 Aug 12, Judith (Australia - temperate climate)

Flowers but no fruit suggests something is lacking in the soil. A good serve of Sulphate of Potash every fortnight will help. Sulphate of Potash is excellent for plants such as capsicum/ tomato/ beans/ egg plant/ zucchini. While not all plants need bees to produce fruit - a Greek Basil or two in any garden will attract a lot of bees. I potted a Greek Basil last February and it has been flowering (purple and very strong smelling) consistently in spite of some really cold days and nights. If you do get a Greek Basil, you might consider keeping it in a pot so it can be moved to where you want bees to pollinate the plants. Good luck!

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29 Jun 12, Justine (Australia - temperate climate)

Its usually because of the absence of bees. At this time of year it can be a challange to get bees into the garden. Just wait a little bit longer, and you will have heaps of snow peas!

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02 Sep 12, Chris (Australia - temperate climate)

Peas of all types are all self pollinating. You don't need any bees to get pods.

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19 Apr 12, IB (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Planted snow peas in a no dig garden about 2 weeks ago. Plants were a nice green at the time of planting. They are slowly going yellow. (The whole plant) They are in a well drained sunny position. Any suggestions why they are slowly turning yellow. Are they missing something?

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29 Mar 12, (Australia - temperate climate)

Dig lime into the soil before planting for a sweeter crop

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28 Feb 12, graham williams (Australia - temperate climate)

I have grown snow peas from punnet in january and obout to start picking my 1st lot of 15to20 peas at the end of febuary they are growing in soil that has 2yr old chicken manure given to me they are looking great

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15 Dec 11, Cygnetian (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Following the planting month advice above for my region, I planted snowpeas last September (or possibly October) and have just had to pull them all out as they developed a bad case of powdery mildew. Upon further reading elsewhere, this makes sense, as snow peas are not meant to be grown in hot weather, and it is now summer. Given that they are harvestable in 3-4 months, I think the absolute latest that one should sow them is August (in this region). They could possibly be sown as early as February and March, though. Another useful bit of advice I discovered was to completely avoid foliar watering, since snow peas are so susceptible to fungal diseases.

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