Snowpeas and Sugarsnap Peas Went Yellow

Quantumcat on 19/10/2017 - 08:32
Last edited 19/10/2017 - 08:54 by 1 other user

I planted some snowpeas and sugarsnap peas at the beginning of winter (late July). They took forever to come up, but eventually did. They were looking beautiful up until a few weeks ago (they got to around 10-30cm in height). Now they are all yellow and dry and withered lying on the ground instead of standing up, except the one that emerged first who is around 30cm in height, but the bottom 10cm or so is yellow and dry. It happened really suddenly. One day they were green and beautiful, the next, on the ground all withered. I wasn't watering them a lot before, maybe once a week, cause I read they don't like wet feet. I thought maybe when they went yellow I wasn't watering them enough so I started watering nearly every day but it hasn't made any difference. I was wondering if anyone knows why?

• Maybe the good soil isn't deep enough. I dug in a trench about 30cm deep and mixed the old soil with nice potting mix, and maybe all their roots reached the bad soil at once
• Maybe I planted them too late in the season and now they're getting baked by the recent warmth
• Maybe I need to give them fertiliser. How much and what kind? Hoping it is this because that's easy to fix
• Something else?

Thanks brains trust!!

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  supnigs super skids on 19/10/2017 - 09:19

  +1

  Maybe someone piss on plant?

  Is too much furtilisrr and ph not right or you didn't water them enough waters. To helps should but grass or straw around base of plants to keep more wet area

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    donga100 on 19/10/2017 - 09:54

    If your neighbors have cats they are notorious for pissing on plants.

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  meowmeowmeow on 19/10/2017 - 09:30

  It's probably too hot for them now

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  try2bhelpful on 19/10/2017 - 10:53

  This happens to me when I put tomatoes in pots on my balcony, they would be fine for a while and then go yellow and die. I wondered if it was because my balcony was west facing and they got too hot.

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  big1964 on 19/10/2017 - 11:28

  +1

  It could be a number of things sounds like lack of nitrogen its probably to late now 30 cm is not alot of room for the roots to grow if you are growing veges in pots you should be using a "premium" potting mix it has a red label on the bottom of the bag!!
  Seasol is not a fertilizer but it helps plants cope with stress so apply at 2 week intervals!!
  I work at a large retail nursery what I find is people will spend alot on plants then buy the cheapest crappy potting mix and expect to have great plants, its like buying dulux paint and applying it with a $2 dollar brush and expecting a great finish!!!

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    Quantumcat on 19/10/2017 - 11:34

    Thanks I'll try some Seasol. Probably too late now but I have an emotional investment in these plants now, having built a little garden especially for them and watched them grow for months and months, so I want to save them if I can :(