Peas germination

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  1. Bear1

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    Hi I planted broad beans in march yhey are all up 6inches high sowed peas out doors in April and only see a few have sprouted so far , might be a stupid question but is it normall for them to sprout 1 and 2 at a time our are all the other seeds just dead
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Not sure where you are, but I do know around here the ground is just not warming up, my onion sets went in about 2 months ago and are only about a couple of inches high, and most of that has come in the last 2 weeks.

    I think your peas may have rotted, but I suppose there is still time.

    I'd sow some more,
     
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      I'm currently doing some trials with a packet of Onward peas looking at germination as this is a common question. The first lot I sowed in a heated propagator gave 100 % germination, the second lot sown in the same compost in the same sized cells, but just in the cold greenhouse with no heat, gave about 80%. Due to poor weather the final sowing outside direct in the soil have not yet been sown, I reckon you will have time.
       
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        I never have much luck sowing peas straight in the ground, either too cold and they rot or mice eat them. If the mice miss them the pigeons won't.

        I start mine in pots in the greenhouse and transplant when they are about 6" tall. I sow about a dozen in a 5" pot.
         
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