Noobish pea question

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I'm growing veg for the first time and have lots of silly questions

Today's is about peas. They're about a foot high at the moment, which seems quite small, but the weather was terrible till quite recently, so I'm assuming that explains it. But they're flowered and produced peas (which we had for dinner yesterday and they were delicious). Are they going to keep growing and flowering now, or what? I had sort of assumed they'd reach full height before producing.

I'm no expert but my peas are in a similar state, only about 18 inches, but first pods appearing. I've grown them for the last few years, and they seem to keep producing for about 6 weeks, so you probably have more to come.

A tip for next year - plant 1 or 2 seeds a week/ every other week to stagger when the peas are ready.

Not all of them get particularly high, it probably depends on the conditions and variety. They will probably produce some more but mine tend to have a main flush and then taper off a bit.

It depends on the type. What does the packet say? They grow to different heights, some only produce peas at a certain time (you can get early/late croppers etc), others continue to produce peas.

I always plant successive batches every couple of weeks. You could plant another batch now. Soak them overnight to speed up germination. Adding half a soluble aspirin per litre of water to soak them in will speed them up more - salicyclic acid is a plant growth hormone.

I only ever had success with peas when we had oodles of space on an allotment. @Sprogonthetyne is right you need successive sowing to keep them coming.

My peas always seem to go brown and die off after the initial crop. I read they need a lot of watering though so going to try keeping them better watered after flowering this year. I think I'm too vigorous with the picking and uproot them in the process!

@Jumbojem

My peas always seem to go brown and die off after the initial crop. I read they need a lot of watering though so going to try keeping them better watered after flowering this year. I think I'm too vigorous with the picking and uproot them in the process!

No this is normal and is why you need successive sowing

I did sow a few consecutive batches. And looking at the packet, they're not actually a very tall variety. Interesting.

It was immensely satisfying picking them, I have to say. I think we'll be having them again tonight, and I have one turnip that might get roasted too. We had some homegrown strawberries for breakfast, and I'm going to put a bowl of roses on the table today. I'm loving having a garden