GROWING GREEN PEAS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19412, 21 August 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)

GROWING GREEN PEAS.

A DELICIOUS' VEGETABLE. Gieen peas are the best known and appreciated of vegetable crops, consequently the care of the cultivator should be to Provide a continuous succession, starting with the earliest dwarf varieties, following with mid-season and later kinds, Green peas very early in the season are justly considered a great delicacy. Faiures in growing peas in many gordens is often due to sourness of tho soil. The root bacteria cannot exist in sour soils consequently the ground for peas should be well limed in it 3 preparation. For the ealiest supply a, warm lighter soil and more sheltered position are requisite compared with later sowings. PEAS IN DRILLS. Drills for peas should be drawn flat and rather wide and of a uniform depth of about 2£in. or a little deeper for the large seeded kinds. Summer sowings require a greater depth than the spring. It is an advantage to stake even the early dwarf kinds, as they do so much better when kept of! the ground and are more easily gathered. ARTIFICIAL MANURE, In applying dressings of artificial manure to vegetable crops in rows 15yds. long and one yard apart, Boz. per row equals lib. per rod. A row 30yds. long by one yard wide equals one rod, and in this case lib. per row would be a dressing of lib. per rod, and so on.