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- From: jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Need help with Mildew on Snow Peas
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.123413.960@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 20:34:13 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.175929.21805@smsc.sony.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.175929.21805@smsc.sony.com>,
- ram@smsc.sony.com (Ray Milkey) writes:
- > I am planning my second planting of Snow Peas (this is a mild winter
- > area) but I had problems with my first planting that I am hoping the
- > net can help me resolve.
- >
- > [part deleted]
- >
- > My question to the net is are there any effective ways to prevent this
- > short of anti fungal checmicals? Is this somehow related to
- > over/under watering? When I replant, should I replace all of the soil
- > in the container and/or sterilize it somehow (it is wood)?
- >
-
- Do you know which variety you are growing? I assume you are growning
- the edible pod peas that have full sized peas (as opposed to oriental
- pea pods which are flat). There are several newer varieties of snow
- peas that are mildew resistent. I believe that sugar snap (or was it
- sugar daddy) was the first edible pod pea. It has horrible mildew
- resistance. As I recall sugar ann has excellent mildew resistance,
- but has a poor germination rate. There are many others. You need to
- shop around some. Try several varieties and see which does best for
- you.
-
- I read in the local paper about a new variety that has pink flowers
- and purple pods. This makes it much easier to find the ripe pods.
- The pods turn green when cooked, but you can also eat them raw.
-
- Last year I tried Oregon mammoth melting sugar II, or some such name.
- It is an oriental pea, but the II at the end was the important part.
- It was very productive. It had huge pods and was mildew resistant.
-
- I prefer sugar peas, but haven't found a variety that does well here.
- The bush varieties get eaten by snails and slugs. The tall varieties
- get mildew. I guess I ought to find out what the some the nearby road
- side stands use. They have lots of peas in the spring.
-
- Jim
-