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Let's sew our peas. Welcome to Gardening
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with Ben. Today, we're going to be
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sewing our peas. These are an early
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variety of peas. Now, I didn't grow any
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peas last year, which is a real shame
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because I love peas. And the year
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before, we had so many. And it were just
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nice just to come down and pick them and
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eat them as they were ready. And yeah,
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they were great crops. So, we're not
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going to make that mistake last year.
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And we're going to grow lots again this
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year down at the plot. So, I'm going to
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sew all these and then we'll plant these
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out possibly in May time when it gets a
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bit warmer and the chance of frost has
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passed. So, we're going to get these
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started, going to get them germinated
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and hopefully get them growing. So,
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we're going to show you our little trick
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for getting them germinating a lot
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faster and yeah, this is a little tip
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you can take away with you. So, I've put
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them all into a bowl and what we're
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going to do, we're going to soak them
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for 24 hours. That'll soften the shell
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and speed up the germination rate of
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them. And then we'll sew them all
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cells so that they can start
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germinating. Fingers crossed if the
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weather warms up. But yeah, let's get
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them covered with water. So that's them
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covered with water. So we'll leave them
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to soak for 24 hours and then we'll come
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back tomorrow and we'll sew them all.
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There's certainly plenty of peas there.
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You can never have enough peas. And I'll
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be sewing these on a regular basis so
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that we're getting crops every so often
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down at the plot all summer long.
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So the peas are have been soaking for 24
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hours now. So yeah, we're going to sew
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these and get them growing. We're going
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to sew these in our Westland grocery
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cell trays. And yeah, they're pretty
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deep and pretty good and sturdy.
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Obviously recycled. They were once a
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plastic bottle, which is even better.
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So, yeah, we're going to get some
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compost in these and then get these
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planted in the cell trays. The reason
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why I grow them in the cell trays and
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not straight in the ground is because I
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have issues with mice and rats and
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squirrels and they'll pinch them and eat
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them themselves because there's not much
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food around for them at the moment. So,
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we're starting them off in the poly
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tunnel and getting them growing in
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there. So, we've sewn all them. We've
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put four in each cell tray. So, we need
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to cover them with compost now and give
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them a good water to hopefully get them
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germinating and growing.
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So, they're in the mini greenhouse and
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yeah, they'll stay nice and warm in
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here. At the moment in the poly tunnel,
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So, yeah, they'll be a couple of degrees
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warmer in there and it's going to warm
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up a bit this week. So, we'll see how
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fast they germinate and hopefully get
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some peas growing. So, make sure you hit
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that follow button to stay up to date
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with all our videos and how well we get
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on with the peas this year. Also, we do
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regular videos of what's growing in the
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poly tunnel to stay up to date with it.
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So, yeah, make sure you stay up to date.
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So, until next time, everyone, remember,
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keep smiling, keep sharing, and keep
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gardening with Ben, everyone.
