Asked by: Marene Silvares
home and garden landscaping

How do you grow sweet peas on a fence?

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Thin the sweet pea plants to one every 6 inches when the sprouts are 4 inches tall. Spread an inch layer of mulch around the base of the plants to keep the soil cool and moist. Train the vine up the fence. Sweet peas do not need tying to the fence since they will hang on to the fence with tendrils.


In this way, do Sweet peas need something to climb on?

Plant the vines about 6″ apart in a sunny location, ideally with protection from intense, afternoon sun. Unless you've selected a bush-type, your peas will need strings or a trellis of some kind. Peas use tendrils to climb. They can grasp anything that's a quarter-inch or less.

Furthermore, how often do you water sweet pea seeds? Sweet peas rarely need watering more than once a week, but you need to maintain even moisture throughout the growing season. They do not like hot weather, so water them regularly in the summer, but do it early in the day to prevent buds from dropping, yielding and fewer flowers, and to prevent plants from scorching.

Regarding this, should you soak sweet peas before planting?

Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours before sowing. This softens the seed coat and speeds up the sprouting process. While the seeds are soaking, fill your planting pots with good quality potting soil.

What month do sweet peas flower?

By early to mid summer, the fragrant flowers are in full bloom in the garden. Sweet peas are best planted directly into the garden bed, but in areas with a long, cold spring, you can start seeds indoors four to six weeks before the last frost date in your area.

Related Question Answers

Lynda Laskosk

Professional

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.

Ruben Hachemi

Professional

Do Sweet peas come back every year?

Sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) only live for a year, dying after setting seed. But don't let this put you off as they are super easy to grow from seed. Perennial species such as Lathyrus latifolius come back year after year, but mostly lack fragrance and there are fewer to choose from.

Gibril Cortecero

Explainer

How do you train sweet peas on a trellis?

It doesn't take long for sweet peas to climb, so place your supports at planting time. To train your sweet peas to grow on a support, simply point them in the right direction when they're about 4 to 5 inches long. Once they reach the bottom of their vertical support, they will climb on their own effortlessly.

Emilse Mikheenkov

Explainer

What can you do with sweet pea pods?

Bring the seedpods indoors and remove the seeds from the pods. Line a flat surface, such as a countertop or cookie sheet, with newspaper and let the seeds dry for about three days. Once dry, put them in a freezer bag or Mason jar with a tight-fitting lid to keep them dry. Store them in a cool place until planting time.

Wenli Burchart

Pundit

How do you take care of sweet pea bushes?

Sweet pea shrubs survive without a lot of supplemental irrigation, but they look best if you water them regularly. Remember that those grown in containers need water more often than those grown in the ground. Since they bloom year round, they appreciate a little general purpose fertilizer in both spring and fall.

Bettie Holzhauer

Pundit

Can sweet peas be grown in pots?

Sweet peas thrive in pots. Choose a rich potting compost and mix in loam-based compost to provide extra water retention. Firm in the compost well.

Julio Cimpoeru

Pundit

Why are my sweet peas turning yellow at the bottom?

Yellow leaves on the bottom of the plant
Leaves starting to go yellow on the bottom of the plant is usually caused by over-watering, or by watering from a cold hosepipe. It can also be caused by the compost being used being too rich and burning the roots of the plants.

Lillian Mehand

Pundit

Do you cut back everlasting sweet peas?

Perennial sweet peas, yes there are annual varieties, are hardy in zones 4 to 8 and need little help to make it through the winter in these areas. Prune the plants back to the ground in late winter or early spring before growth begins. Prune sweet pea plants with diseased foliage back to the ground in fall.

Tito Cerda

Pundit

Do Sweet peas need a trellis?

Except for the bush types, sweet peas are real climbers. Give them at least 6 feet of good support. Some varieties may climb to 9 or 10 feet. If you don't have a fence or trellis, provide brush or chicken wire or bushy, stubbly twigs that they can cling to.

Zihara Straube

Teacher

How do you kill perennial sweet peas?

Glyphosate is one of the chemicals that effectively controls wild sweet peas, generally with a kill rate of 95 percent or higher. To apply a concentrated herbicide containing 18 percent glyphosate, dilute at a rate of 3 ounces in each 1 gallon of water.

Derick Jubero

Teacher

How do you pinch out sweet peas?

To pinch sweet pea plants, wait until they are 4 to 8 inches high. Take the growing tip between your forefinger and thumbnail and snip the growing tip off using your nail as your blade. Pinching out sweet peas will force the plant hormones called auxins to move to the side or auxiliary tips.

Neomi Blohme

Teacher

What is the most fragrant sweet pea?

Noted for its outstanding fragrance, award-winner Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana' is a vigorous climbing annual with usually up to 4 large, violet and deep crimson flowers per stem. Deservedly popular, it is reported to be the strongest scented Sweet Pea in the world and is more heat tolerant than most.

Onelio Ventosinos

Reviewer

Should I soak sweet pea seeds?

Many people recommend soaking sweet pea seeds overnight before sowing to help them germinate. This is because some varieties have a hard outer shell. However, others suggest that soaking may lead to weaker plants. Generally, sweet peas should germinate fine without any treatment.

Chegdali Kobelt

Reviewer

How fast do sweet peas grow?

Seed-to-Bloom Time
Sweet peas are grown from seeds at the beginning of each growing season. After germination, the seedlings develop into bushy plants before producing buds and flowers. The time between planting seeds and flowering is generally three to four months.

Thomas Rayner

Reviewer

How do you tie sweet peas to canes?

Push canes into the soil every 22cm (9in) and secure to the wires. Plant sweet peas in front of each cane. Let plants grow to 30cm (12in) and then select the strongest shoot and remove the rest. Tie shoot to cane and regularly pinch off side shoots and tendrils.

Zaharie Egenhofer

Reviewer

What does it mean when someone calls you sweet pea?

Noun. sweet pea (plural sweet peas) A flowering plant, Lathyrus odoratus, grown for its bright colours and sweet fragrance. (colloquial) A term of endearment for something sweet or lovely; a child or a pet, for example.

Aires Duryagin

Supporter

Can you grow sweet pea indoors?

Start sweet peas now indoors by sowing one seed in each 2-inch or larger plastic pot filled with sterilized potting soil or a peat pot. Once the seeds have sprouted (most within two weeks), remove the pots from the heat source. Place them in a bright window or another spot where they'll get plenty of light.

Anunciacio Pochon

Supporter

How many sweet peas are in a cane?

I like a minimum of 8 canes per variety and so I plant 4 plants on every other cane. The empty cane is left for the spring sown peas, which are sown as soon as I've finished planting out, and go out themselves around early May.

Bonifacia Weihs

Supporter

Can you eat sweet pea pods?

Sweet peas will keep flowering if you pick the flowers regularly - a good excuse to have some beautiful flowers in your home. Remember- sweet pea seed pods look similar to edible pea pods but they are poisonous and must not be eaten.