Peas

If you don’t have a pot bury the pea in a shallow tray of soil, at least 5cm deep. The pea will sprout after 3-5 weeks. It won’t grow into a mature pea plant but the shoots can be picked off and eaten straight or added to a salad!

Watch the germination process!

Beans

For beans you need to bury them a little deeper in the soil, at least 10cm deep. They will germinate after 3 weeks. These can be transferred from an indoor pot straight into the ground outside. The bean plant can grow up to a metre tall, so plant along the fence or use some bamboo sticks to create a tripod trellis to support it.

Click below for some ideas on growing beans in a glass jar to see the germination process.

Perhaps you may want to try some of the experiments, too!

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