Growing Sweet Peas From Seed

Heavy clay or structure-less sandy soil can be made suitable by the addition of ample organic matter. Choose from seedlings or seeds.

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Sweet Peas will grow in any soil but will perform best in a rich and friable loam.

Growing sweet peas from seed. In most cases ripe pea pods are a few inches in length and robust in shape. Sweet pea seeds have a hard coating that needs to be moistened in order to soften them up. Sweet peas are easy to grow from seed in either autumn or spring.

A small twig can be used to mark where your seeds are planted and will give the young plants help to reach the support frame. They grow and flower through winter and the flowers are picked in spring. Cover the pots with clear polythene you can use clear plastic bags or even free hotel shower caps.

Select a wide open sunny aspect with good drainage and an ideal pH of about 6½. As with all peas Sweet Peas dont like an acid soil so if you have a pH under 7 it would be a good idea to add some hydrated lime before sowing. Some types of structures that can work are trellises mesh or twine on supports and fences.

Sweet peas are sown in southern Australia in autumn. Apply some mulch around the base of the plants to help. You can sow them into pots of compost in autumn and overwinter the young plants in a cold frame or cool greenhouse.

Keep the seeds watered and regulate the temperature by lightly covering them in plastic wrap and placing them in a sunny window or a greenhouse for the first few weeks. Place the seeds onto the paper. But you can help activate germination by nicking the seed coat with a.

Root trainers and 4-inch 10 cm pots are ideal. Or you can wait until spring when you can sow into pots or directly into the ground. Tips for growing Sweet Peas from Seed Sweet Peas are vining and need support to grow up and flower.

Cover the seeds with 1cm of compost and water in lightly. To grow sweet peas start by planting the seeds 1 inch deep and 3 inches apart in a small seed tray or peat containers about 5 weeks before the last frost. It can be controlled with a systemic fungicide such as Yates Fungus Gun.

For everywhere else St Patricks Day on March 17 is the traditional day for planting sweet peas. Cordon Growing is a popular method used by growers for the cut flower trade for growing Sweet Peas and involves training plants up a vertical string wire cane. For best results aim for late OctoberNovember or late FebruaryMarch as temperatures and light levels are less than ideal in midwinter.

Check the specifications on your seed packet to see what size and color your mature peas should be. Growing times vary between varieties but most peas take between 50 and 70 days to mature. Plant out your sweet pea seedlings and plants during a mild spell between March and May.

To prepare the seeds leave them on moist kitchen roll until they swell or sprout. Sweet peas produce abundant roots so use the deepest pots you can find. Find a shallow plastic container and then cut a piece of paper towel to fit into the bottom.

Sow the seed thinly either in individual pots or with around 3cm space between seeds. The plants will form tendrils as they grow and wrap around the support you provide. If you notice a whitish film on the leaves of your sweet peas your plant may have powdery mildew.

This fungal disease often attacks sweet peas. Sow in seed starting containers in early spring about 6 to 7 weeks before the last frost date then plant out as soon as soil can be. Cover pots with a plastic dome lid to increase humidity and speed up germination.

Sweet pea seeds germinate relatively easily. If heavy rainfalls are expected close to planting time start the seeds off in toilet paper rolls filled with damp seed. Sow sweet pea seeds into good potting compost in rootrainers or small pots.

Pour in some water just enough just to dampen the paper. Sowing Sweet Peas Indoors In the coldest parts of the country get a jump on the season by starting sweet peas indoors in a seed tray. Growing tips If sowing first in seed raising mix take extra care when transplanting as Sweet peas resent root disturbance.

Sow sweet pea seeds between October and April. Growing sweet peas from seed couldnt be easier. In frosty areas its best to sow the seeds in early spring for summer flowers.

But in truth any time from early March to late May is suitable and the flowers will appear in late winter and spring. Most pods will ripen within a. Sweet peas can also be sown direct into the ground in April or May.

Sow two seeds per pot poking them a half-inch 125 cm into the soil with your finger. If sowing in autumn ensure you have the room to grow them on in a frost-free place until spring. Malcolm has added lime to his site at 100 grams per square metre.

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