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Deadheading sweet peas im
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Hi
I’m growing sweet peas for the first time and loving it so far. Looking for very specific advice on how to dead-head them. Most of the advice seems to be about picking them for the house but I want the colour in my garden. Should I just nip the tops off with my fingers or cut off the whole stem? Do I use my fingers or secateurs? Also despite me checking them every night there still seem to be pods emerging-in this weather can they grow a small pod in a day?! Thanks in advance for your help!
I’m growing sweet peas for the first time and loving it so far. Looking for very specific advice on how to dead-head them. Most of the advice seems to be about picking them for the house but I want the colour in my garden. Should I just nip the tops off with my fingers or cut off the whole stem? Do I use my fingers or secateurs? Also despite me checking them every night there still seem to be pods emerging-in this weather can they grow a small pod in a day?! Thanks in advance for your help!
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Keep picking the flowers before the pods form and the plant will keep producing flowers.
I snip the dead head off at the base of the flower stem.
Billericay - Essex
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