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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

p.s i only grow veg turnips cabbage/sprouts/broc/caulie/punkings/leeks Brassicas do not like newly manured ground. Peas/ beans etc do. Don't plant carrots or parsnips there. They will all split into many fingers. Only plant them in beds that have

I am in the process of growing some climbing annuals from seed I am growing Rhodochiton, Sweet Peas and Canary Creeper.  The Canary Creeper is getting very straggily, so I shall repot it prior to planting out. Should I pinch out the tops

can anyone tell me why some (but not all) of my sweet pea plants are producing flower stems but with no flower at the top?  Are the buds being eaten by something?  The plants are otherwise very healthy and growing well. maybe you just have to wait a

I bought a metal arch in the spring and have tried to grow sweet peas up it but had to grow them in troughs and i don't think they are big enough as the sweet peas haven't grown very well and since we had the hot weather last week aren't looking too

little bit, which can be fun to find a seet pea where you least expect it.  They grow quite happily over shrubs and along the ground, they don't always have to go up supports.  Spencer are just a type of sweet pea with particularly wavy edged petals

peas. In fact on our very own site we suggest sowing them both before Christmas - see Sarah Raven's video: http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/creative-projects/how-to-grow-sweet-peas/327.html and after Christmas (Jan to May) - see

I have a dog and have been told that the tree lillies I am growing are poisonous is this true. My sweet peas have been covered in pollen beetles and no amount of shaking gets rid of them is there anything i can spray them with ? The best way really

Sow peas in lengths of guttering under cover, so you can plant out seedlings in an instant rowPlant out onion sets in rows, spacing them about 10-15cm apartCarefully dig away grass or plants growing close to the stems of fruit trees to reduce