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Old April 4, 2013   #11
tjg911
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while peas like cool weather they don't germinate all that well in cold soil. add to that really cold temps will kill them when small. then they die when it gets into the mid 80's. it ain't easy!

last spring i put them out (i start them inside) around 4/7 and we had 2 nights in a row drop to 24 degrees. they all died even some cabbage plants died.

i soak them over night then plant in promix inside. they are out in the sun now but i take them in at night. it's been really cold this march and even april is cool so i am waiting another week at least. the problem is they get long and throw tendrils around each other so starting them now may be better than 8 -10 days ago. i had poor germination so i started another batch yesterday. the seed is from 2006 so i'm not surprised i got 8-10 to grow from 30 seeds.

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