Growing Instructions: Sweet Pea

10 Jan

Sweet Pea

A popular scented cottage garden flower with frill shaped petals and long stems they make for a wonderful cutting flowers,

Easy to grow in both Spring or Autumn - a beautiful visual display growing up wigwams or trellis.

Meaning of flowers: Gratitude and Loyalty

Best sown indoors: January – March

Best sown outdoors: June

Best planted out: Late May onwards (once risk of frost has passed)

Instructions

Firstly, soak the seeds in water for 12 hours. This will help your seeds to germinate quicker.
Soak the coir pellets in a bowl of water for approximately 5 minutes until they have expanded, then remove the coir pellets from the water and gently squeeze them to remove any excess water.
Crumble the coir pellets into the pot, gently press down the pellets until there is a 1 cm gap from the top of your pot. Make 3 holes in the soil approximately 1 cm, place the seed into each one and then gently cover with the soil.
Write the name of your plant on the flat wooden sticks. Then carefully slide the stick into the soil, by the edge of your pot.
Check on your little seedlings daily, and make sure that the soil is moist.
Once your seedlings are roughly 20 cm long they will be ready to make their journey outside and begin the hardening off process. (See top tips).
Find a sunny spot and then dig a hole that is slightly larger than the width of your pot. Place the potted plant into its new bed, pressing down gently but firmly on the soil surrounding your new plant.
Plant your sweet peas 15-20 cm apart. (See top tips).
Give your seedlings a good glug of water and make sure that the soil stays moist whilst your sweet peas grow.

Top Tips:

You can use a small stick, with some string, to gently tie in your growing sweet pea seedlings. This will give your little plants some help to make sure that they grow upright and strong. Each day remember to check in on your little sweet peas to make sure that the string is not too tight.