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21 years ago

My peas are about 1.2 metre high at present.

Look very healthy

Soil PH is 7.2

Had 30 mm of rain over the weekend, and soil is wet but not soaked.

Leaves of peas appear to have a light shade of white to them

It isn't mould or mildew.

Can anyone out there offere any advice as what the problem could be.

Thanks Roughie

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Comments (8)

sarah_may
21 years ago
Are you absolutely sure it's not the first stage of powdery mildew? As they say "common things occur commonly" and that's the most common complaint of peas, especially if you've had some rain.
Maybe someone else has some ideas
happyjacq_bris
21 years ago
Yes I noticed lots of powdery white stuff on the outside of my peas. However it all went after I pulled the bag out of the freezer and wrapped it around my ankle which I twisted while hand watering the vegie garden in the dead of night....well it was dark here at 8pm.
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DerbyTas
21 years ago
Happy Jacqui is very clever
I think that many peas get a bit of a bloom on them and I think it is probably a natural occuring yeast but you can get moulds developing if you do not have enough airflow around the plants....keep you moisture levels low and wait and see...al peas develope mould when the plant has matured and sets seeds...the nutrients in the plant travel to the seed and nature begins to decompose the plant...if your soil is below par then this decomposition may begin to occur before you wanted...you may have sown a little early if you haven't got setting peas ...the daytime weather may not be warm enough to set seed yet...which could be another reason...despite the sun intensity the wind still is quite cold.
Write back and tell us how they do
cheers
peter
solanum1
21 years ago
Mildew, in the early stages, looks like a slight bloom or pale dusting and it can affect the plants at any stage of their growth - even before they start flowering - if you have a wet winter-spring and/or mild temperatures. Just in case it is mildew, a slight application of DUSTING Sulphur should halt the infection but you should re-apply as soon as the symptoms appear. Sulphur is safe and it is allowed in organic gardens. Dusting sulphur is to be preferred to wettable sulphur because it avoids the risk of contributing to the humidity problem.
Rose-Marie
DerbyTas
21 years ago
Or you could use woodash but I still think your plants are mature and will go down no matter
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The_Grub
21 years ago
I had an abs-fab season on the sugarsnaps. My partner loves me for them. Pick, snap and eat. Oh, so sweet. Now suferring from PM, as in powdery mildew. But next winter I'm growing 20 times as many. By the time the PM has a real hold the plants are over it anyway :)
roughie
Original Author
21 years ago
Hi all, thanks for the imput.I took a leaf sample to a horticulturalist today and she said the problem is viral. the problem would have come from the seed and this is becoming more common all the time. Once again thanks for the help.
Roughie
sarah_may
21 years ago
That's really interesting, can you post a photo so we can see what it looks like, or a link to a site with a description?

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