I tried snap peas last season for the first time. All of the literature states to direct sow. I however, did as you do. Started my peas inside and transplanted on St. Patrick's day. Placed in a shady corner with a walled trellis. I was absolutely thrilled to eat my first snap peas off the vine. Truly nourishment for the soul. So happy to see others do the same with great results. Happy gardening!
Once the plants have grown to about 6” in height, it helps to pinch the growing tips by 1”, which will help the plants branch out and produce more flowering stems.
I planted mine at befor after New Years now the are full off peas and the are still flowers on them the make more, but I do to recommend plant them on trays first befor you do on the ground I trie 3 times befor I smarten up and did that all the other time the were rotten and worms eat them.
I can’t believe you got to see the butterfly lay eggs!!! We had those plants in our yard as I was growing up and I saw the eggs and caterpillars outside, but I never witnessed the actual butterfly laying them!! That’s amazing!!!
Mine have gotten too tall for my 6ft trellis and is folding over itself. Can I just cut them down to fit the trellis? It is a bit difficult to find and deadhead the flowers in the folded areas.
Be really careful with this one. It’s not quite as aggressive as some invasive plants, but it can be bad news if it winds up in the wrong place, and it escapes cultivation easily.
I'm honestly not not sure you need to pamper them this much lol they have spread all over my flower beds, crushing and burying everything in their path. I have been ripping them out for years yet they always pop back up. Their roots are longer than my forearm and impossible to pull out without a spade. Maybe they just love my soil or it's a different variety? They grow in cracks in my little garden wall and will sprout from gravel pathways no problem. 😅
This will be my first year with sweet peas. Just to make sure I heard correctly, you transplant 8 weeks before your last frost date? How long between starting and transplant is that? I hope I haven’t missed my window! ( zone 5b, last frost is around Mother’s Day)
I tried snap peas last season for the first time. All of the literature states to direct sow.
I however, did as you do. Started my peas inside and transplanted on St. Patrick's day.
Placed in a shady corner with a walled trellis.
I was absolutely thrilled to eat my first snap peas off the vine. Truly nourishment for the soul.
So happy to see others do the same with great results.
Happy gardening!
snap peas are NOT sweet peas. Sweet peas are poisonous, and grown for the flowers only. Snap peas (English peas) are edible.
I love your your video on growing sweet peas. They are beautiful and smell SWEET. They were one of my grandmother's favorite flower. Thank you.
beautiful and sweet peas! I am so excited to smell them again!
Once the plants have grown to about 6” in height, it helps to pinch the growing tips by 1”, which will help the plants branch out and produce more flowering stems.
I planted mine at befor after New Years now the are full off peas and the are still flowers on them the make more, but I do to recommend plant them on trays first befor you do on the ground I trie 3 times befor I smarten up and did that all the other time the were rotten and worms eat them.
Of course, I'm terribly late. But I'd like to try just the same
One of my ansolut favorite
I can’t believe you got to see the butterfly lay eggs!!! We had those plants in our yard as I was growing up and I saw the eggs and caterpillars outside, but I never witnessed the actual butterfly laying them!! That’s amazing!!!
If you grow the seeds in guttering, make the row hole using a spare bit, slide the whole length of the row into the hole firm in.
Those grow wild everywhere where I used to live in Southwest Washington state.
Mine have gotten too tall for my 6ft trellis and is folding over itself. Can I just cut them down to fit the trellis? It is a bit difficult to find and deadhead the flowers in the folded areas.
Nice gardening 🙂
Lovely video! Could you tell me what piano song is playing in the background?
Be really careful with this one. It’s not quite as aggressive as some invasive plants, but it can be bad news if it winds up in the wrong place, and it escapes cultivation easily.
You’re thinking of lathyrus latifolius. Garden sweet peas are lathyrus odoratus and are not at all invasive.
@@Blossomandbranch good to know! I’m only familiar with the latifolius (which people around here plant in gardens) so I’m glad this one is more benign
I'm honestly not not sure you need to pamper them this much lol they have spread all over my flower beds, crushing and burying everything in their path. I have been ripping them out for years yet they always pop back up. Their roots are longer than my forearm and impossible to pull out without a spade. Maybe they just love my soil or it's a different variety? They grow in cracks in my little garden wall and will sprout from gravel pathways no problem. 😅
That depends entirely on your zone. My zone goes from very cold to very hot quickly so they need help establishing before we hit our hot spring.
@@Blossomandbranch yeeeah that makes a lot of sense actually 😁 i didn't think of climate zones oops
Did she say SIXTEEN weeks before last frost to start them ???
This will be my first year with sweet peas. Just to make sure I heard correctly, you transplant 8 weeks before your last frost date? How long between starting and transplant is that? I hope I haven’t missed my window! ( zone 5b, last frost is around Mother’s Day)
I live in Canada and plant in the ground in mid March. Make sure you keep them picked so they keep blooming.
I live in zone 7. I normally soak them in water for 24 hours, then spinkel them in dirt
My sweet peas I direct sowed on 24 March still have not germinated. Driving me crazy. Zone 6b Northern NJ
I'm sorry, but I think you're so freaking gorgeous.
I've tried growing sweet peas so many times, they always die.