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19 Mar 11, Buzz (Australia - temperate climate)

how much water do snow peas like? and i also noticed some white patterns developing on the leaves of my snow peas, what could it be and how do i fix it? First time gardener.

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10 Nov 10, Rebecca (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, My snow peas have flowered and produced wonderful snow peas, good size and everything, but i was wondering whether or not the need pruning, (bottom leaves taken off) and how i can get more snow peas to grow. they are only growing from the top stems not the bottom or side shoots. will the eventually grow from side or do they only produce pea's at the top of the plant?

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10 Nov 10, rebecca (Australia - temperate climate)

Also as above to my first comment i forgot to mention that my snow peas are turning yellow (The bottom leaves) i do not use much fertilizer although i did put a slow release fert on yeasterday to try to fix them.. (turning yellow (leaves) from bottom up.... they are planted directly into the ground, not a built up bed, could the cause of this be too much water? or too much sun??

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31 Oct 10, Annette (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hello, Could you please tell me what is wrong with my snow peas. They seem to start Ok then turn yellow with brown spots and die from the bottom up. thank you, Kind regards Annette

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19 Oct 10, Hove SA (Australia - temperate climate)

my snow peas are growing with huge green lush leaves and no sign of flowers yet, they were planted about 8 weeks ago. Have I given them too much fertiliser? Is there anything I can put on them to encourage flowering?

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10 Oct 10, John (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Andrew, another way of pollinating is to do it yourself (esp if you are in an area like I am, with bees seen rarely!). I use a small, fine paintbrush and gently wipe it over each stamen, therefore transferring the pollen. I do this with my chillis and get excellent results. cheers, John

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09 Oct 10, Andrew (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

When will snow peas start producing the pods? Does flowering mean they are not going to? Thanks :)

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09 Oct 10, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi Andrew, the pods will follow the flowers - if there are some bees around to pollinate them. When the flowers begin to die off, there should be a tiny pod left. Give them a few days to grow.

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13 Jul 10, Antechinus (Australia - temperate climate)

Plants can't get nutrients from the air (except carbon, which isn't really a 'nutrient' because it's essential from any growth). They all get nutrients from the soil by some method. Peas and other legumes (plus wattles) have symbiotic bacteria in their roots that 'fix' nitrogen, meaning peas can get at and concentrate soil nitrogen much more efficiently than other types of plants. This means they don't need as much fertiliser as other vegies do and are good to dig into the soil to concentrate plant-available nitrogen for future crops. I assume that they're still pretty hungry for other nutrients though - so a bit of fertiliser won't go astray.

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20 Dec 10, David (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Need to know what type of fertlizer I should use on my climbing peas there is good growth and some flowering however they look like they need some encouragement, maybe a specific fertiliser or tonic eg Seasol???

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