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Old January 22, 2018   #2
greenthumbomaha
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I didn't have a positive experience mixing the two crops. The peas took longer than I thought. Planting the tomatoes was difficult without damaging the stand of peas. The peas were shading out the tomatoes at first. Then the pea vines naturally went to leaf crunch in as the weather warmed. How do you incorporate it into the soil without damaging the roots. Can't do that!

I read its hard to jump Mother Nature, but several growers germinate their peas either indoors in coir or on a wet paper towel . I didn't find any direct comparisons to see if this resulted in earlier cropping but you can give it a try, especially if your garden is small.

Good luck!
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