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  • From: "Shoemaker, William H" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] After 60 years, a total pea failure?
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 13:54:28 +0000

I'm not sure what happened, I haven't worked with peas much. But I note that you tilled in the clover, which looked really healthy, then planted peas. Both are legumes. Sometimes when you till in a crop, or cover crop, it will attract an insect or disease which feeds on the rotting tissue. The following crop can become a victim if it looks related or is suceptible to the pest. It might be worthwhile to have someone from local Extension look at the problem.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

University of Illinois, Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL  60174

630-584-7254, wshoemak AT illinois.edu


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of MAsteveINE [MAsteveINE AT 207me.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 7:07 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] After 60 years, a total pea failure?

Had a patch of ground that last summer was tilled, rock picked, and then seeded
 
with oats, annual alfalfa and white clover. Never did see any of the alfalfa. It was 
 
mowed a few times, each time thickened up the clover and this spring it looked
 
like a going concern.
 
Early Aprill I tilled and planted peas; year old Lincoln and Green Arrow from Fedco and
 
my own growing, fresh Cascadia from Fedco, and Premium from Johnnies just to have some
 
treated in the game; all innoculated.   After a week the Premium came up....thats all, and at
 
an inch and a half tall they stopped. Digging in there was not a sign of a seed anywhere,
 
except the Premiums and they only had a flabby brown tap root.
 
About April 20 I got some Seedway seed (untreated) and planted over all but the Premiums
 
 but after six days there was not a sign of them, they were totally disolved, melted, rotted and gone.
 
Looks kind of silly out there, those few peas from 2/3 to a few at 10 inches tall and all loaded
 
with blossoms!
 
SO, what I would like to know is "What in Thunderation is Going on"?
 
MAsteveINE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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