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Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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Mon, Nov 5, 12 at 19:07
| I planted sugar snap pas 2 inches apart like the seed packet said, but they seem really close. Is 2 inches really okay? Thanks! (theres 6 inches inbetween 2 of them) |
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RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| Most seed packets give you 1) a planting dimension and then 2) a "thin to__inches apart" instruction after germination. With sugar snaps the thin to measurement is 4" depending on how you plan to trellis them. I am assuming this is sugar snap planting time where ever you are located? Dave |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| Two inches apart is plenty close for the final stand. I like them closer to 3 inches apart and I let them grow up a wire fence and plant another row on the other side of the fence. |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| Well that packet said not to thin them! Well, I may thin some then, or just experiment and see. Some of them are thinned already due to some not sprouting. Well, I guess I'll decide. I plan to just trellis them straight up on a square trellis that I will build once they need it. Hopefully soon! And yes, I'm in Southern California so I'm expecting that they will grow all winter. Hope that is correct! |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| I've had good luck transplanting rather than thinning should this be an option for you. I used a narrow garden trowel to get as much dirt as possible while trying to not disturb adjacent plant roots. Having slightly damp soil helped keep the soil & roots together when transplanting. |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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I plant my sugar peas 4 inches part, on each side of a wire fence.
Their staggered so each one opposes the other in the middle, I leave them like this and if one doesn't germinate I just replant. |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| My seed packet (burpee) said to thin to 6 inches, and that's what I did. Gives each plant root space and maximum sun for the leaves. |
Here is a link that might be useful: DFW Gardener
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| Weeding is justified but I never thinned peas or beans. In both cases I plant with a John Deere Model 290-2 row planter with a 24 cell planter plate. That would produce about a 4-6" spacing but I plant over each row twice to make the harvest worthwhile. If I had a precision planter I would strive for 3" seed spacing. |
RE: Sugar Snap Pea Spacing
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| If they're bush/self-supporting they'd benefit from some space...if they're tall/vining types you're going to trellis then 2" is okay. |
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