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Sweet peas

By Janey

2 Jul, 2008
38 likes

This photo was taken last September, I had planted some sweet peas by the old
trellis that was already here and they did really well. Directly in front of them is
a beautiful eucalyptus tree.

Comments on this photo

Irish

beautiful

2 Jul, 2008

Joannie

sweetpeas are so lovely because you are allowed to cut them for in the house where they smell delicious! lucky you, I haven't got a flower on mine
yet

7 Jul, 2008

Juliano

looks very nice ive never grown sweet peas before, i now no how to plant then by putting the soil in newpaper but as they grow up a few inch when do i pinch the tops out, or do i do that.. and do they like alote of manure i use chicken pellets do i need to no anything else besides pick the flowers

17 Feb, 2009

Janey

Hi Juliano.....ha..ha..I have the same problem as you...mine are now about 2" high with one set of leaves...I shall pinch them out as the next set develops. When I planted these in the pic.....we hadn't been here long and I just dug the ground over...threw half a bag of compost in the trench and stuck them in. I fed them every two weeks and just kept cutting the flowers. Chicken waste can be a bit strong and burn the roots....but if these are special pellets...then should be fine.

17 Feb, 2009

B_lourenco

Lovely! I grew some sweet peas from seed, they are in the greenhouse waiting for the spring!

3 Mar, 2009

Janey

Yes mine are B_lourenco....I pinched the tips out and they're coming on now...just a little more warmth. What sort have you grown?

4 Mar, 2009

Kat_pink

i've chucked aload of seed on the garden in my wild patch i'm hoping they'll do there own thing.
i brought some small plants this year and they had hardly any flowers on them.

22 Sep, 2009

Janey

Hi Kat.....welcome to GoY! Well lets hope the seeds do better, my Sweet Peas this year which I grew from seed haven't been very strong, not like the ones in this pic.......going to try a different variety next year.....:o)

22 Sep, 2009