Sweet peas - what size container?
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Comments (3)I grew peas in 5 gallon bucket last year and they did quite well. I don't recall how many I had in each bucket but it was definitely more than 8 (I direct sowed and used innoculent). Be sure to stake them - I hung mine about 5 feet off the ground and ended up with a pea blob that climbed all over itself, the cukes next door, the fence - you get the idea......See Moreplease advice on the size of container for green peas growing
Comments (41)The source of my beliefs is research, practical experience, and observation. The application is borrowed from the science of geology, but physical laws of adhesion, cohesion, and gravity combine in container soils to govern its variable effect. The primary influence is the particulate size of container soils. You can prove its (PWT) existence in myriad ways. Hold a saturated sponge with its largest (in area) surface horizontal until it stops draining. Turn the sponge so it's smallest surface is horizontal, and more perched water will drain as the height of the PWT equalizes in a lesser volume of sponge. Grasping the sponge by a corner after it has again stopped draining, so one corner is down, further reduces the volume of sponge occupied by perched water and even more water will drain. Finally, with a corner down and no draining occurring, touch the corner with a toothpick held vertically (a wick) and even more water will drain. Or: Hold a toothpick to the drain hole of a container of saturated soil that has just stopped draining & watch its wicking effect drain more water that had obviously perched in the container. If you care for more details of how it all works, follow the link provided. Al Here is a link that might be useful: More information...See Moresweet peas in pot
Comments (2)I have grown sweet peas in a pot simply because I never can get more than 2 or three of them to germinate. I used about a 10-inch pot and made a trellis of twigs and it worked fine. Mine grew only about 3 feet tall. I germinated mine in those little jiffy pots, so there was no need for transplanting. You could try growing them in the jiffy pots until your space is ready....See MoreKnox/eastTN--seeking input--Sweet Pea (lathyrus odoratus)
Comments (2)Hey Devi, Welcome to the forum! Always great to have new folk arrive! I'm not in E TN, but I hate to see queries go unanswered... I've grown annual sweet peas commercially, so my experience may or may not be helpful to you. I start them in a cold greenhouse, meaning it gets down to about 34 but doesn't freeze. As you may know, lathyrus loves cold, most soil. You just want to avoid lots of freeze-thaw cycles. Some folks soak seed before sowing, but I never have and haven't had any problems. I do, however, use inoculant, which, oddly, no one tells you to do with sweet peas. Like all other legumes, the rhizobia help the pea roots uptake nutrients. I sow into the final container if possible, as pea seedlings resent transplanting; if you're careful and bump them up before they get very big, transplanting is OK. I use ProMix BX and incorporate a charge of granular fertilizer, my favorite being Flower-Tone (97% organic and great for all herbaceous plants). Mice love to raid the pots for those big fat seeds, so if you have mice (and you may and not know it, particularly in a garage or basement) it's a good idea to put screen over the pot/flat until the peas are well up and growing. This is a hungry species. I topdress with Flower-tone when they're about 1 ft high, and again as they're setting buds. The peas should be blooming in May/June if you get them going now. They hate hot weather, so they basically fry by the end of June. England is their kind of climate, actually -- or the Pacific Northwest. In terms of varieties, I've never grown the knee-hi types ('Snoopea' et al) so can't speak to those. I select for flower color, size and scent and have found performance is generally OK over a wide variety of colors and series. Spencers are good, and Floribundas, and I've had particularly good luck with a series called the Winter Series. I buy seed commercially, and I'm not sure what's available to the homeowner. I have grown a few varieties offered by Thompson & Morgan over the years, and a pink one called 'Rosemary Vesey' (IIRC the name right) did quite well. T & M's sweet pea seeds seem to offer no germination issues, unlike most everything else they sell. Culturally, I give 'em full sun. Moving them into part shade about mid-May prolongs their life a bit. Early in life, though, they need high light or they get weak and stretchy. Bud set seems to be initiated by high light and increasing day length. Never started them in mixed containers. It may work, but I'd be inclined to start the seed in a container and carefully transplant int into the mixed pot at about 6" tall. But then, my aim is always to produce marketable containers, so everything has to work very predictably for me. Hope this helps. Marty...See Moresolstice98
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