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Autumn Sown Sweet Peas.

October 20, 2019 By Jill Anderson Leave a Comment

As everything winds down in the garden, I almost forgot about sowing sweet peas this month. Here’s a reminder about why autumn sown sweet peas are such a good idea.

Autumn Sown Sweet Peas.-sweet pea Cupani flowers growing on a teepee

Sweet pea Cupani

It may appear that it’s all slowing down out there, but the temperature is relatively mild & although daylight is shrinking fast, there’s enough for certain seeds to germinate.

Sown now, sweet peas grow a good supply of roots. Come the summer they’ll be off to a head start, flowering much earlier than spring sown ones.

Sow 2 seeds per small pot of multi-purpose compost. Discard the weakest if they both germinate. Don’t bother planting directly into the soil, it’ll be too cold & wet for them.

I sow mine into root trainers, those long pots that have a little side hinge so small plants can be easily released. The depth of them allows for nice long roots, so they’re well worth having & can be re-used each year.

Water the pots, stick in a label & place them somewhere sheltered, out in the garden or in a cold-frame. Pinch out the tips of each plant round about the end of January to encourage side-shoots & bushier plants, which means more flowers. Plant them out in March.

It’s a doddle, but October is a good time for this, so we need to get a move on.

Here’s a reminder about what else you can do in the garden this month.

I’ll post next week about planting trees.

Jill

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