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03 Jul 18 Rosemary Jorgensen (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Can you protect peas from wilt. I have now grown peas in all parts of the garden, so can't plant in a new area. I never used to have this problem. I particularly want to grow snow peas or sugar snap peas. The soil is sandy. I live in Golden Bay near the sea.
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29 Jun 19 Richard (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Hi, if it is wilt as in phytothphora then not much you can do as a quick fix. I am responsible for the bedding in town and we imported it via infected plants, in the autumn we removed 300mm of soil from all beds and brought in clean soil, still don't know if it's worked. The spores remain active for a couple of years so if you leave an area unplanted and sow mustard which acts as a fumigant that would help. Some plants are less susceptible but be aware anything touching infected ground, tools etc can spread it. It's the same disease that has infected kouri trees. Cheers Richard
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