Talkback: How to grow sweet peas

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• Salter Posts: 1

  November 2011

  I think that this video is extremely good because it is easy to understand whereas with other videos from different gardening websites they are very difficult to understand. Thank you Monty
  

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• gemmaox Posts: 1

  November 2011

  I love this site being a beginer gardner however I can not find the Sweet Pea "Variety Club" anywhere for sale. If anyone can help thank you.
  

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• aandpsclare Posts: 2

  September 2012

  After waching the video 3 times I do not know if the potted seeds are kept in a green house or outside in the open. If the answer is in the open there will be tunnel formed by the 2 straw bales and the glass pane i would assume this does not stop the wind and cold attacking the young seedlings. Am I understandding this properly?

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• hopflower Posts: 4

  October 2012

  I believe that Variety Club is distributed by Unwin's.

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• Flower bird Posts: 284

  January 2013

  Interested in trying to grow sweet peas. Didn't do very well last year but going to persevere this time. Picked up some helpful hints but didn't think the video was long enough.

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• sotongeoff Posts: 9,802

  January 2013

  Lots of info here on sweet peas

  http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/growing-sweet-peas/6143-8.html

   

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• tom9760 Posts: 44

  October 2013

  i use a polystyrene freezer hamper box with a sheet of glass over the top in a sheltered south facing area of the garden

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• Maureen7 Posts: 2

  October 2015

  Instead of loo roll centres, I use kitchen roll which are longer and stand them in a 2litre ice-cream box or similar to keep them upright. I use a 50/50 mixture of multi-purpose and John Innis No2 compost and leave them in the unheated greenhouse over the winter. Pinching out after 3 prs of leaves gives lots of stems and more flowers. One that I really like to grow is 'Our Harry'.

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