CULINARY PEAS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 579, 8 October 1932, Page 23 (Supplement)

CULINARY PEAS.

Ground for peas should be deeply dug and liberally manured. To provide a continuous supply several successive sowings should be made from July to November. Hows of early dwarf varieties need not be very far apart, but taller-growing sorts must be allowed, plenty of room. A good guide is to allow the same distance apart as the peas grow in height. The row should preferably run north and south. When sowing peas, a flat-bottomed drill about 4in deep should be made. The seed^

should be evenly distributed over the bottom. Fine soil should be used for covering the seed about 2in deep. This will, of course, leave the surface of the covering soil a little lower than the level of the adjoining ground, and provide space for earthing up the plants later on. Birds are very fond of the young peas, and to prevent damage it is the wisest plan to fix some means of protection as soon as the peas are sown. When the plants are a few inches above tlie ground some means of support should be given, and a little earth should be drawn up on each side of the row, and sticks of suitable length, with plenty of twiggy side branches, placed at each side of the plants, so that they can cling to them and support themselves, j