I am thinking of sowing some sweet peas in the garden soon. I can put the seeds in the soil in the end of September early October. I could wait till April to sow but if I sow now they will flower earlier. The plants tend to be stronger too. I will probably start mine off in a pot then I know where the seeds are but you could put them straight into the garden soil.
I shall put the pots in a cold frame. They will be easier to protect against the slugs, snails mice and birds who love them to eat I shall plant them in the growing place in March April time.
Sweet peas sweet smell pretty, climbing up fences or trellises. The cut flowers look good in flower decorations or in a summer bride's bouquet
I might grow some along side some runner beans up a wigwam in the veggie patch. Sweet peas need support grow up a fence, a wigwam, pea stick's or a bush my dad grows his on sticks along a path in the garden where the scent the garden on a summers eve.
Sweet peas like the sun like open spots and well-drained soil the plants need dead heading to encourage continuous flowering. Water in dry spells and apply liquid feed fortnightly in the flowering period. Sweet peas seeds can be bought as the tall peas or as a dwarf plant these dwarf need little or no support. There is a perennial sweet pea a wild plant, which can be difficult to contain in a garden I want to grow one in the hedge at the end of the garden.
Early sown ones will flower in June and can continue flowering till August in the summer's sun they will need watering to keep them flowering. Think it's a trip to the garden centre to buy some seeds or maybe just send away from a seed merchant for example
Seeds cost about £2 a packet of 25 seeds, be cheaper one year to try and save some seeds from my sweet peas maybe, or you could always buy the sweet pea plants from your local garden centre. Enjoy your garden these sunny autumn days' school hols are over so of course it's a beautiful sunny day, humbug
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Sweet peas are so pretty, might try and plant some myself. Jane x
Newboy3 09.09.2006 17:30
A good idea to put them in pots. Much easier to remember and to move them. Sadly I've had very little time for gardening as I've been away so much this year. ~ A sweet review! ~ Tony x
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