Asparagus pea plants

my asparagus pea seedlings are looking good. Growing in toilet roll tubes, they have good long roots, and sturdy stems, about 5-6" high.

I am thinking about planting these out into the veg bed, which has been covered by s cloche for the past 4 weeks, so the soil is definitely warming up underneath (lettuce seeds germinating nicely!)

Has anyone got any experience with growing these, and when would you plant them out? Under cover, or wait until absolutely no risk of frost...?

 

(They are a type of mange-tout, if that helps?)

 

I grew them last year they are a small plant really but you get lots out of them and they are best young as the go a bit woody if left too long
As for frost I think I put mine out in May

 

Ooh! Thank you, thank you! for your input!!

So, knowing that they are relatively small plants, I will risk planting them in my cloche. We probably won't have any more hard frosts now, so the cloche will hopefully provide enough protection. The thought of fresh produce is too tempting!! Did you second sow between your plants? Sometimes, to get a staggered crop, I sow a second set of seeds between the plants....

 

Glad to help
I did not do a second sow they produced all summer really long after the main crop peas so I would not say you will need to they have a very pretty little flower you could get away with them as bedding plants

 

Hmmm, now that is definitely food for thought!

We have twelve plants, and hope that should provide enough for a meal on a single pick? (Just the two of us!)

Back to the drawing board, as the cloche is on the veg bed, and I haven't warmed up any soil in the herb bed/eye bed yet. Last year we grew our chilli plants in this bed - hubby loved to check on progress every evening after work, and sometimes every morning too!

If I can badger you a little more, Richard?
Did you grow them in the "typical" single rows, so easier to find the pods, or a block, s they can support each other?
Do they need pea supports? (I probably will use some hazel stems, as both beds can be a little windy.)

 

I grow them in a row they did not need an support mind grow more like a small bush nothing like a pea really so the pods are really easy to pick