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...this will be my first effort, growing sweet peas from seed.... Seems to miss saying what time of year you pot on the sweet peas and then says do not plant out for 3/4 weeks, from what month?I am starting my sweet peas this week Oct. but need to know when I pot on

Quite agree! This is the first year I have attempted growing sweet peas and I've been delighted with the result. Every week we have 1-2 posies of fresh flowers that bring charm, colour and a delightful scent to the home. It is great that you must

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I'm not a great one for growing flowers on my plot. Maybe I shy away from raising flowering plants on the allotment because I grow so many in my main job (as head gardener at The Bath Priory Hotel). I've grown marigolds as companion plants

I have grown some sweet peas in a container, they were sown in autumn last year and they are good strong plants but they are only flowering at the top. How do I get them to flower further down? You dont, they flower at the top as in most flowers

Sprinkle granular fertiliser round roses, shrubs and along the base of hedgesSow sweet peas into deep potsTransplant evergreen shrubs and conifers to new sitesPlace grow-through plant supports over tall-growing perennials, like delphiniums

I've grown sugar snap peas in module trays and they're very ready to go out, however the raised bed they were supposed to go in isn't. I'm struggling for pots but have lots of grow-bags.  Do sugar snaps need a decent root depth or could I get away

I've grown sugar snap peas in module trays and they're very ready to go out, however the raised bed they were supposed to go in isn't. I'm struggling for pots but have lots of grow-bags.  Do sugar snaps need a decent root depth or could I get away

Discover the theory behind crop rotation, with Monty's back-to-basics video advice to giving optimum growing conditions for vegetable groups such as potatoes, legumes (beans, peas etc), brassicas (cabbages, cauliflowers, radishes), root vegebles

. There wasn't any difference in germination. Have you tried different methods of growing things and have you seen different results? I agree. I prefer to grow my sweet peas and garden peas in pots or trays in the spring and then plant them out late spring. I