Sweet peas

Love sweet peas,and once you have them you can harvest the seeds, just soa them overnight before planting.

Thank you all, I grew them every year until I moved to a bungalow with paved areas only . I shall try them this year , will hunt for a large pot

They need as much depth as you can give them Anniebach - and don't let them dry out. I grew mine in a large pot a couple of years ago, they did brilliantly. Last year, I put them out in the garden, as usual - hopeless. this year I have a number of different types on the go. I love sweet peas, especially the way the more you cut, the more you get

should have said "I don"t grow them.

I like sweet peas a lot, I don"t them so much these days.

When I did though, used to put them in gro-bags , they did well !

is what they need a lot of.

I have 4 sweet pea plants growing well in a deepish (18inches) square pot. I put 4 tall canes in the corners of the pot and tied them together at the top to form a sort of wigwam and wound string round from top to bottom to give the plants something to cling to.

Apparently they like a lot of water so all the rain we have had has helped them thrive - so far. I put lots of Growmore in the potting compost and water them occasionally with tomato feed.

Fingers crossed for some lovely sweet smelling blooms now!

You'll need to put some very tall poles in the pots. My sweet peas have done very badly in recent years but I may give them another go as I love the smell and, when they did grow well in my garden I used to pick a bunch for the living room each morning.