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Jill Dyer

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So, we are expecting rain [fingers crossed] - an ideal opportunity to plant some sugar snap peas. While doing my morning walk, brain in neutral, came up with a knee/back saving idea as I passed a shortish length of 25 mm water pipe. Loosened the ground and then used the pipe as a delivery system - planting hole and sure placement in one! The bamboo died (yes, I thought that was impossible too) so there is a ready supply of sticks for a teepee. Now all I need is for the weather to co-operate.

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I hope it works for you! In my area (8b) we get too warm to plant peas right now, Last year I tried planting them in mid-May and they shriveled and died in early Jul. with their little beginnings-of-pods. The snap pea plant I currently have was started in mid April, so hopefully it will make it to mature pods before its too hot here.

Your climate and mine aren't the same though so you may have a different experience.

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I think Joseph Lofthouse does something similar with a length of pipe.

I used my spade - dug it in to make a slot in he ground, then sprinkled a handful of peas in the slot and tramped in down. It actually seemed to work remarkably well! I suppose there was a bit of bending to sprinkle the seeds in...maybe an attachment to the spade?

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An excellent idea, especially if you are making long rows!
I just put in my peas last week (same thing, lots of rain, and very cold weather, perfect for peas). Hope you're warmer than we are down here in southern Brazil!

(i want to say i read somewhere that bamboo sometimes dies after flowering. I also didn't know it was mortal!)

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Tht is how we planted a food plot of sunflower seeds.

Dear hubby used a piece of pipe thingy. That made it so easy to plant the seeds...

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I bought a bag of peas and threw them all over the place.
They took best there I followed up by tromping on them.

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Jill Dyer

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No idea comes out of isolation, I guess, just needs the right prompt - thanks for the short video, Joseph. your angled base is a great improvement on my straight cut version, but the soil was loose enough that it didn't matter.
@ Tereza - winter-ish for me also. 8°C to 18°C if we're lucky, and yes it did rain. Still have fingers crossed for more follow-up.

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