Week 12 - Bed 8 Planting

This bed had been prepared the previous week as a single-dig bed, and in the south quarter of the bed we sowed:

• Meteor Dwarf Peas (4 short rows) - an early hardy variety ideal for both autumn and spring sowing, grows to 35cm high

One row of the pea seeds came straight from the packet, while three rows were sown from seed that had been pre-sprouted, a method of ensuring higher germination rates in the cold soil of the spring. Unfortunately the roots of the peas had grown more than they should have, they should have been planted two or three days earlier, and any advantage from the pre-sprouting was probably reduced by the stress on the extended root.
The peas were planted in this bed by mistake - we had planned to plant them into Bed 5 beside the potatoes and broad beans.