As a gardener, we all get that fun itch to experiment, and virtually all gardening is an ongoing experiment. So, Early in May, about 2 weeks before the last frost I planted 40 peas seeds in a raised garden 4 X 8 with strings for them to climb, and then I planted seeds in 3 different types of containers. Two of them in pots and one in a hanging basket. I used the same soil for all pea seeds. They were all exposed to the same amount of sun, rain and watering. Here are the results and what I think is why they are so drastically different.
The first picture was taken on June 16 and the second picture was taken on July 17. As you can see from these first two pictures that my peas are healthy and growing and abundant.
The third picture is my pea plant from the same seed and in the same soil, not doing so great. and the fourth picture same situation but in a hanging basket, also not looking so great.
So my conclusion, is this. All 3 peas containers are exposed to the same amount of water, which has been alot because we had endless rain this past month. I had lots of holes and irrigation for the soil as I always add sand to my soil and put rocks at the bottom of my containers, so it's not an irrigation problem. My soil PH is what it should be for Peas to thrive, so what I am thinking is that too much rain has caused my leaves on the containers pot and hanging basket to turn yellow. There is less area for the water to spread to and cause the leaves to go yellow. Now let's look at the pea pods themselves.
So as you can see the two outside pea pods were from the containers and they are not as healthy looking and more yellow, just as the leaves are. If any of you can point out something, anything that I am missing, or a very different theory than mine, I would greatly appreciate it, and we all can learn something from container gardening.
Happy Trails