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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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31 Jul 10, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

my snow peas are growing fairly well but the leaves are curled as though they haven't fully opened.

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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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27 Feb 11, Bug (Australia - arid climate)

Anything will do, a side dressing of compost and rock minerals (or complete trace elements) will be all that is needed for the most brilliant green pods. Cheers

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29 Jun 10, Natalie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

pretty sure peas get most of their nutrients from the air. they don't like heavily composted ground I believe. I wouldn't use commercial fert. but some worm juice might be okay. avoid watering leaves. adding potash to soil before sowing is good as well.

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28 Jun 10, Jane (Australia - temperate climate)

When growing snow peas do you need to fertilise them?

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07 Jun 10, mick (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

how long do snow peas take to grow?

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30 Jun 10, Natalie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

12-14 weeks

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