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Hi Adam, Alice here from Thompson & Morgan. I'm just letting you know we've published our sweet peas masterclass, and we've featured your great advice. It's available on our blog, so please have a read and let us know if you still want us to remove your section. All the best, Alice
Hi Adam, I enjoyed your guide to growing sweet peas. I agree with soaking the seed in a jar of water, it does seem to aid germination. As a garden boy, many years ago, I well remember digging out the sweet pea pits and preparing the soil with plenty of manure. I was taught that the main shoot of the sweet pea was liable to go "blind" after reaching about 3 feet. This was one reason to pinch out the growing point after it had developed three pairs of leaves.
Hi Carmel, I use this method every year and it works a treat... If you watch my video called Germination is Happening you will see how this years sweet peas are getting on using the same method, Cheers Adam
Going to give your method of chitting and sowing of the seeds a go. Looks a lot more dramatic than the results I usually get. I also appriciate seeing the entire lifespan from seed to flower.
If you soak the seeds like I did you will have to change the water every 2/3 days. You can just soak them for 24v hours and then plant them into the pots if you like, it's up to you. Also, in this video... I didn't show it but I actually planted 3 pots of seeds, instead of 2. I went out and bought an extra packet of seeds a day or two later and planted them out. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the video :-)
First class master class in growing sweet peas, I think I'll give them a go. I've never grown sweet peas before so thanks for sharing Adam and convincing me to try them out 😁👍
That surprises me Mary, please do give them a go - at least once, I'm sure you will like them... they have such a strong scent for such a small flower :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow They are a striking flower, so many colours to choose from. An elderly neighbour years ago had some in her garden, every year they grew back and cascaded over the joining wall, beautiful. But I don't recall them having a scent? I'll let you know how I get on 😊
I grew some about 6 vyears ago I was thinking of doing some seeing Bill and Vals. I have a perfect place too now ;-) Be next year or I will over winter like you said. They look great.
Sweet peas are one of my favourite summer blooms. I do put the seeds in warm water overnight, sow maximum of 5 seeds in each pot, use root trainers since the roots grow deeply and love it when planting out. And if there is room it is much better to grow them in rows planted out 20 cm apart and trein them up the pea netting. Different varieties grows at different speed, and do benefit from being grown on their own.
Wow these flowers are absolutely gorgeous, I love the colors. Thanks for all the helpful information! Happy to subscribe, it is wonderful to meet a fellow plant lover!
Allotment Grow How I definitely will! I mostly have houseplants, which is what my channel focuses on and I invite you to check them out if you’re interested, but I’d love to try growing more flowers-especially these! Have a great week ahead 😊
Fantastic video. I planted my sweet peas in February. I already have them in a pot with a trellis but some of the leaves looks a little yellow. Do the sweet peas needs a lot of water? Do they start flowering in June?
Hi Adam, you had me fooled for a second, sowing sweet peas at the end of June? cant be right Whats the upload date 30th Jan 2020? put your specs on Mike it is end ofJune Oh he's doing a seed to flowering, make sense now good video Adam very informative worth a few 👍 👍 👍 👍 take care Mike
Love your video Adam - you make gardening look so easy and fun. Would you advise growning the sweet peas in hanging basket - thinking they'll grow downwards ?
Hi Gina, sweet peas are climbers - so they're always looking to go up rather than down, but I suppose you could plant a few in a hanging basket to see how they get on. If they work... let me know :-)
Every allotment, garden and balcony should have sweet peas! Really informative video Adam! I spray mine regularly to help prevent powdery mildew and it seems to be working so far. Do you ever experience this, and how do you prevent it?
Thank you that was very informative. I tried early this year but with no success, they didn't shoot. I tried one in the greenhouse and 1 packet straight outside into the soil after soaking but I now realise I didn't soak them for long enough, only 2 days. I have bought another packet but is it too late in the season to try again?
Hi just wondering if I wanted the sweet pea flowers to decorate the garden rather than cut flowers for inside, could I just take off the seed pods as they develop or will that still stop the flowers from growing?
Have to say iv never ever seen a technique like this , , they don't like have thier roots interfered with , and you have them planted sooooo close together it would be impossible to thin them, are they not very over crowded ?
I work at a plant nursery and this is how we grow and sell them to the public every year, the only difference is that we use a much smaller pot than the one featured in this video. You'll find that they are way tougher than you think, if I want to thin these out I just split the group into 2 sections and that works. Sowing them into individual root trainers I find doesn't produce any better or worse results. Ultimately do what works best for you :-)
Hi, this video is great and so easy to follow, just wondering how much water do you put in the jar and where do you put the jar to sit- is a sunny window sill ok? Thanks
Hi, put enough water in the jar to cover the sweet peas - leave it on a window sill. It doesn't have to be a sunny one necessarily. If you are going to leave the seeds in the water as long as I did - 13 days... then you'll need to change the water every 2/3 days. I suggest you soak the seeds for 2 days only and then plant them in your pots. My most recent video shows you what 2 days of soaking does to the seeds. The video is called what am I sowing in March, if you fancy watching it :-)
I gave up on mine this year. They wouldn’t grow over 2 inches for some reason. Ill try your method next time lol. I wish my rabbits were lazy! It’s like jurrasic park in my garden trying to keep them out my flower beds.
That's too bad Pete, no gardening year is the same I suppose. Have another try next year... hopefully they'll do better for you. Rabbits do love to eat everything it seems. Cheers Adam
Hi Adam, I sowed my sweet peas mid Feb & they look ready to be planted out already. Is it too early? Are they frost tolerant? Roughly when did you plant yours out? Many thanks
Hi Tommo, have you pinched out the tops of your sweet peas yet? Ideally you want to plant them out when there's little chance of a frost. I've got some growing at the moment and I'm looking to plant them out in April, and even then we might get a late frost... but that's when they're going in. Harden the sweet peas off a little by putting them outside during the day and bringing them in at night for a week or so. Then plant them out in the garden. Hopefully they should be ok :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks Adam. I pinched them out last night after rewatching the video. Our last frost last season was 2nd week of May, but is usually towards the end of April. Thanks
I need help please! I bought my mom some seeds for King Tut sweet peas and from what I gather they can be quite difficult to grow. We are in San Diego so that gives you an idea of our climate can anybody out there give me at least some tips or pointers? My mother has an awfully good green thumb but even she is kind of intimidated with what we've heard about the difficulty of these
I've never grown them myself but wouldn't be intimidated by them. Why are they difficult to grow? They're supposed to be a dwarf variety. Plant them in a pot that contains multi purpose compost, keep them watered and indoors. When the weather warms up plant them outside. I'd honestly not worry about them, it seems they like a long hot summer to thrive and are annuals, so they'll come back every year. Get them started indoors and they'll be fine.
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks for the advice! I got the idea that they were difficult to grow from the comments people were leaving on the website where I bought them. a few people said that they could not get them to germinate or sprout and that it was a very difficult process but I did a little bit more research last night after posting that comment and sounds like you're spot on it should be no problem at all
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Fabulous video. No faff or fuss just showing how simple it can be. Thank you 🙏🏼
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video
I love to eat the sweet peas tops and young flowers very delicious
Nice, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
OMG Mom used to grow these delightful plants around the front porch of the house. Thanks for the sweet memories!
No worries, I'm glad they brought back fond memories for you
One of the great pongs any garden can have, I couldn't go a summer without them. Like you said, keep picking 'em and they'll keep coming. Cheers 🍺🍁🍺
Couldn't be without them on the plot. Cheers
Enjoying your videos here in Canada! Love Sweet Peas!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi Adam,
Alice here from Thompson & Morgan. I'm just letting you know we've published our sweet peas masterclass, and we've featured your great advice.
It's available on our blog, so please have a read and let us know if you still want us to remove your section.
All the best,
Alice
Hi Alice,
that's no problem, I hope someone finds my ramblings vaguely interesting.
Kind Regards
Adam
Hi Adam, I enjoyed your guide to growing sweet peas. I agree with soaking the seed in a jar of water, it does seem to aid germination. As a garden boy, many years ago, I well remember digging out the sweet pea pits and preparing the soil with plenty of manure. I was taught that the main shoot of the sweet pea was liable to go "blind" after reaching about 3 feet. This was one reason to pinch out the growing point after it had developed three pairs of leaves.
Hi Robert, thank you for watching and commenting. I enjoying reading about your gardening know how from the past. Cheers Adam
Makes no odds whether you soak or don’t. Tried it both ways didn’t notice a slight bit of difference.
Beautiful 👌💚💚
Wow that’s an interesting way of growing the seeds. Much more sensible than all the fiddle ways. Thanks very much.
Hi Carmel, I use this method every year and it works a treat... If you watch my video called Germination is Happening you will see how this years sweet peas are getting on using the same method, Cheers Adam
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Thank you.
You're welcome!
Wonderful presentation! Thank you so much 😊.Now I’m ready to put those seeds in the ground.🙏🏻
I'd start them off indoors first as we may still get a few frosty nights. Thanks for watching and commenting - Good luck for this next season :-)
Great video, thank you! :) Going to try growing them on my balcony this year
They should do well there
I got a good chuckle at "scientific approach." Thank you for making it simple. 😬
Glad you enjoyed it Alana :-)
Aren't they amazing? When I initially grew them it was like smelling for the very first time. Incredible aroma. Love the start to finishes buddy:))
They sure pack a punch up the nostrils, that's for sure. Hope you're well buddy. :-) Cheers Adam
Going to give your method of chitting and sowing of the seeds a go. Looks a lot more dramatic than the results I usually get. I also appriciate seeing the entire lifespan from seed to flower.
If you soak the seeds like I did you will have to change the water every 2/3 days. You can just soak them for 24v hours and then plant them into the pots if you like, it's up to you. Also, in this video... I didn't show it but I actually planted 3 pots of seeds, instead of 2. I went out and bought an extra packet of seeds a day or two later and planted them out. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the video :-)
This is my kind of planting-pour it in a pot :)
Glad you like it 🙂
First class master class in growing sweet peas, I think I'll give them a go. I've never grown sweet peas before so thanks for sharing Adam and convincing me to try them out 😁👍
That surprises me Mary, please do give them a go - at least once, I'm sure you will like them... they have such a strong scent for such a small flower :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow
They are a striking flower, so many colours to choose from. An elderly neighbour years ago had some in her garden, every year they grew back and cascaded over the joining wall, beautiful. But I don't recall them having a scent? I'll let you know how I get on 😊
Enjoyed. I have some. You make look easy. Thank you.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers Adam
I grew some about 6 vyears ago I was thinking of doing some seeing Bill and Vals. I have a perfect place too now ;-) Be next year or I will over winter like you said. They look great.
Great aroma from them considering they're such a small flower. Get some sweet peas in next year mate. Cheers Adam
Sweet peas are one of my favourite summer blooms. I do put the seeds in warm water overnight, sow maximum of 5 seeds in each pot, use root trainers since the roots grow deeply and love it when planting out. And if there is room it is much better to grow them in rows planted out 20 cm apart and trein them up the pea netting. Different varieties grows at different speed, and do benefit from being grown on their own.
Great video! So helpful. Thank you. 🙏💖
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comments
nice video adam,sweet peas are one of my favs
Hey up mate... mine too. Will be over to your channel in a Jiffy :-)
Wow these flowers are absolutely gorgeous, I love the colors. Thanks for all the helpful information! Happy to subscribe, it is wonderful to meet a fellow plant lover!
Thanks for the comments, if you've not grown any before you should give them a try :-)
Allotment Grow How I definitely will! I mostly have houseplants, which is what my channel focuses on and I invite you to check them out if you’re interested, but I’d love to try growing more flowers-especially these! Have a great week ahead 😊
thanks for this video, where did you put the pots after you planted the seeds? did they go under lights and heat mat?
No lights or heat mat, just on my kitchen counter and waited until they germinated
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks for the quick reply!
Fantastic video. I planted my sweet peas in February. I already have them in a pot with a trellis but some of the leaves looks a little yellow. Do the sweet peas needs a lot of water? Do they start flowering in June?
Hi Adam, you had me fooled for a second, sowing sweet peas at the end of June? cant be right Whats the upload date 30th Jan 2020? put your specs on Mike it is end ofJune Oh he's doing a seed to flowering, make sense now good video Adam very informative worth a few 👍 👍 👍 👍 take care Mike
Thanks Mike, my hair is way longer now than on the video... can't wait to get a hair cut on July 4th. Cheers Adam
Love your video Adam - you make gardening look so easy and fun. Would you advise growning the sweet peas in hanging basket - thinking they'll grow downwards ?
Hi Gina, sweet peas are climbers - so they're always looking to go up rather than down, but I suppose you could plant a few in a hanging basket to see how they get on. If they work... let me know :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow I'm going to give it a go ..... I'll send pics if successful . Thank you for prompt reply.
Every allotment, garden and balcony should have sweet peas!
Really informative video Adam!
I spray mine regularly to help prevent powdery mildew and it seems to be working so far. Do you ever experience this, and how do you prevent it?
Hi Annie, my sweet peas have never suffered from powdery mildew so you have just taught me something - thank you :-)
Thank you that was very informative. I tried early this year but with no success, they didn't shoot. I tried one in the greenhouse and 1 packet straight outside into the soil after soaking but I now realise I didn't soak them for long enough, only 2 days. I have bought another packet but is it too late in the season to try again?
Hi Deborah, yes it's probably a bit too late now. Try again next year :-)
Hi just wondering if I wanted the sweet pea flowers to decorate the garden rather than cut flowers for inside, could I just take off the seed pods as they develop or will that still stop the flowers from growing?
Hiya, yeah that should be no problem, but be sure to pick them off as soon as they start to form. Good luck and I hope you have a great season :-)
Thanks for answering 🙂👍
@@Theshoemarkable No worries :-)
Where are you? Sweet peas are done by June in my area. I'm in south Texas. We plant them in fall here.
Hi, I'm in the UK
Have to say iv never ever seen a technique like this , , they don't like have thier roots interfered with , and you have them planted sooooo close together it would be impossible to thin them, are they not very over crowded ?
I work at a plant nursery and this is how we grow and sell them to the public every year, the only difference is that we use a much smaller pot than the one featured in this video. You'll find that they are way tougher than you think, if I want to thin these out I just split the group into 2 sections and that works. Sowing them into individual root trainers I find doesn't produce any better or worse results. Ultimately do what works best for you :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow great thanks ill give it a go it seems a much easier eay to plant them 😀
Hi, this video is great and so easy to follow, just wondering how much water do you put in the jar and where do you put the jar to sit- is a sunny window sill ok? Thanks
Hi, put enough water in the jar to cover the sweet peas - leave it on a window sill. It doesn't have to be a sunny one necessarily. If you are going to leave the seeds in the water as long as I did - 13 days... then you'll need to change the water every 2/3 days. I suggest you soak the seeds for 2 days only and then plant them in your pots. My most recent video shows you what 2 days of soaking does to the seeds. The video is called what am I sowing in March, if you fancy watching it :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks! I’ll give it a watch 🙂
I gave up on mine this year. They wouldn’t grow over 2 inches for some reason. Ill try your method next time lol. I wish my rabbits were lazy! It’s like jurrasic park in my garden trying to keep them out my flower beds.
That's too bad Pete, no gardening year is the same I suppose. Have another try next year... hopefully they'll do better for you. Rabbits do love to eat everything it seems. Cheers Adam
Allotment Grow How everything that you don’t want them too lol. The grass is always greener on the otherside for them lol
You don't say where you keep them whilst they germinate?
Just in the kitchen
Nice video. I may try your style instead of one little plant per pot. Your way looks much nicer 👍
Good luck with it Betty, I always try and grow them in clumps, it creates way more colour and the scent is lovely
They are fantastic! I can smell from over here! :)
I am curious about the kiwi plants, are they growing OK?
Hey Fernanda, the Kiwi plants are still growing - I'm down to 7 now but 4 of them are looking really good.
@@AllotmentGrowHow happy to hear!
How far a part do you plant them?
I planted the pots about 12 inches apart
Hi Adam, I sowed my sweet peas mid Feb & they look ready to be planted out already. Is it too early? Are they frost tolerant? Roughly when did you plant yours out? Many thanks
Hi Tommo, have you pinched out the tops of your sweet peas yet? Ideally you want to plant them out when there's little chance of a frost. I've got some growing at the moment and I'm looking to plant them out in April, and even then we might get a late frost... but that's when they're going in. Harden the sweet peas off a little by putting them outside during the day and bringing them in at night for a week or so. Then plant them out in the garden. Hopefully they should be ok :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks Adam. I pinched them out last night after rewatching the video. Our last frost last season was 2nd week of May, but is usually towards the end of April. Thanks
@@Tommo172009 No worries Tommo, good luck with them
...I REALLY WANT A SWEET PEA IN MY GARDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plant some and you will get them :-)
I need help please! I bought my mom some seeds for King Tut sweet peas and from what I gather they can be quite difficult to grow. We are in San Diego so that gives you an idea of our climate can anybody out there give me at least some tips or pointers? My mother has an awfully good green thumb but even she is kind of intimidated with what we've heard about the difficulty of these
I've never grown them myself but wouldn't be intimidated by them. Why are they difficult to grow? They're supposed to be a dwarf variety. Plant them in a pot that contains multi purpose compost, keep them watered and indoors. When the weather warms up plant them outside. I'd honestly not worry about them, it seems they like a long hot summer to thrive and are annuals, so they'll come back every year. Get them started indoors and they'll be fine.
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks for the advice! I got the idea that they were difficult to grow from the comments people were leaving on the website where I bought them. a few people said that they could not get them to germinate or sprout and that it was a very difficult process but I did a little bit more research last night after posting that comment and sounds like you're spot on it should be no problem at all
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You invented a time machine, admit it?
You got me, I'm a Timelord... I never have an excuse to be late
Oh, too bad you don't have smell-o-vision!!!
They are lovely