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Sweet peas are happiest with their heads in the sun and their roots deep in cool, moist soil. When possible, plant low-growing annuals in front of them to shade their roots. Choose a well-drained site. Alkaline soil is best; sprinkle some powdered lime on the surface if your soil tends to be acidic.
- What fertilizer is good for sweet peas?
- Do Sweet peas need to climb?
- Should you cut back sweet peas?
- How do you make the best sweet peas?
- Is Miracle Grow good for sweet peas?
- What month do you plant sweet peas?
- Can sweet peas be grown in hanging baskets?
- Why won't my sweet peas grow?
- How do you grow sweet peas in toilet rolls?
- How do you prune perennial sweet peas?
- When should you pick sweet peas?
What fertilizer is good for sweet peas?
Start feeding sweet peas with a high potash fertiliser (such as tomato food) when flower buds appear. Regular picking encourages more flowers to form, so keep picking those blooms for the vase.
Do Sweet peas need to climb?
Sweet peas are climbing plants and need some support as they grow. Most people use garden canes, trellis, wigwams, and obelisks. You can also buy (or make) sweet pea rings or simple wire supports, especially up against a wall. Sweet pea plants wind tendrils around the supports so they shouldn't need tying in.
Should you cut back sweet peas?
Cut perennial Lathyrus back to ground level in autumn or, preferably, leave the cutting back until February so the dead stems provide cover for wildlife in winter. Simply pull out and compost annual sweet peas once flowering has finished at the end of summer. In hot, dry seasons this might be a bit sooner.
How do you make the best sweet peas?
Here are a few top tips I learned from some of the countries top growers on how to get the best results from your sweet peas.
- Choose the right variety. ...
- Sow them in the Autumn. ...
- Grow them cold. ...
- Use 'root trainers' ...
- Plant them in fertile soil. ...
- Train your sweet peas. ...
- Keep them deadheaded. ...
- Watch out for aphids.
Is Miracle Grow good for sweet peas?
What to feed your sweet peas with? My mother always used dried blood mixed in water. Our garden was on clay and this seemed very successful. I might use tomato fertiliser of Miracle-gro which is a soluble general fertiliser with loads of potash.
What month do you plant sweet peas?
Sow your sweet peas seeds anytime from October until March, two seeds to a pot. You can sow your sweet pea seeds in March but growing sweet peas over winter will produce stronger, more robust plants. I usually use root trainers – long, thin pots or cardboard loo rolls – to sow my sweet peas into.
Can sweet peas be grown in hanging baskets?
Dwarf sweet pea varieties are well-suited for growing in hanging baskets, from which their trailing vines cascade. Sweet peas grow as annuals in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 11.
Why won't my sweet peas grow?
Lack of flowers can also sometimes be a result of too much nitrogen fertiliser, which produces tall, leafy plants but no flowers. To overcome this, feed the sweet peas with either a high phosphorus feed or some bone meal.
How do you grow sweet peas in toilet rolls?
The main tip when growing sweet peas and broad beans in toilet roll holders, is to take care when watering and avoid soaking the cardboard otherwise it may go soggy and collapse. Sowing sweet peas and broad beans now is the ideal time as they are hardy annuals and love to get their roots down when it is cold and wet.
How do you prune perennial sweet peas?
The tendrils can be a problem as it will grab adjacent plants, so it's best to check it is constraining those plants growing nearby. It is deciduous and should be cut back to ground level in the autumn.
When should you pick sweet peas?
Begin saving seeds from sweet peas after the shells turn brown and brittle. If you harvest the sweet pea seedpods before they are completely mature, they won't germinate. On the other hand, if you wait too long, the brittle seed pods will break open and drop their seeds to the ground.
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