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I grow Super Sugar Snap peas in large containers every year, and every year I see the same thing -- around the time they flower, they start dying from the bottom up. This happens quite early -- the attached photo is of the stage where the first peas are starting to appear on the vines. I can still harvest from the plants as the tops are still healthy-looking, but they're gradually dying and will stop producing pretty soon.

Is this part of a normal life cycle for this variety of peas, or is something wrong?

damaged pea plants

Andrew Gorcester
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Pot bound, it looks like there may be some root rot going on. Repot and add some perlite to keep the soil aired out the roots need to breath too.

Michael Rouse
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