Select three to five 2-3m tomato stakes. Paint them your favourite colour. Set them in a full sun position in a circle with a radius of 0.5m, and secure stakes together, at the top, with twine or decorative rope.
Prepare the soil in a circular garden bed around the base of the stakes. Sow two sweet pea seeds at the base of each stake.
Water with seaweed solution. Do not water again until seeds germinate.
Train seedlings up each stake
Sweet peas are annual climbing plant with fragrant ruffled blooms.
Planting Advice: During the months of March and April sow seeds direct into well drained soil enriched with compost and manure. Give them a trellis or a fence with wire netting, even tomato stakes tied as a tee-pee for tall varieties to climb. Don't use too much fertilizer (particularly high nitrogen fertiliser) or the plants will produce lush green leaves but very few flowers. Prolong the display by removing spent flowers. And finally don't rush to sow them, despite the fact that it is St Patrick's Day … you should buy them now before they disappear off the shelves and keep them until the temperature drops. You can sow seeds or buy sweet pea seedlings
Position: Sweet peas need plenty of sun (at least six hours per day).
Troubleshooting: If you see signs of powdery mildew, spray with Eco Rose or Eco Fungicide. Once the buds form, encourage the flowering with regular application of Thrive Soluble Flower and Fruit or Harvest.
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