And forget trying Round-Up. IâÂÂm not a fan of chemical plant eradicators, but IâÂÂm on my second season of battling this beast and I gave in. Multiple sprays barely killed the foliage and the taproots were not affected in the least. ==>>> then you are not using it properly... are you using pre-mixed.,, or reading the label and using the proper dilution for vines???? its something like double or triple the concentration ... there is.. a product actually called vine killer.. which is different than RU .... it took me 3 years to kill poison ivy... no one said any of the killers will work in one application .. good luck ken

Producing seeds uses a lot of the plant's energy. This is one of the reasons you might not get mature seeds from cut flowers. The plant needs to be able to gather food while it is developing seeds, and the seedpod needs to remain attached to the parent plant until the seeds are fully developed. Don't want to start anything because people set their own standards for flower picking and seed gathering activities in places that are not their own; but municipal plantings, parks, arboretums, greenhouses, garden centers, other people's yards, etc. etc. shouldn't be regarded as a free for all. :-)

I've found out now as I have both growing. The pods on sweet peas are covered in downy hair and if you touch them and lock your fingers there is a bitter taste. Edible pea pods have a smooth skin and there is a flower but it's not the main event.

i dont understand if she is growing flowers or food?? i think you mean flowers .... but just checking ... otherwise.. yes.. as soon as a flower fades ... snip it off.. no need to waste energy on making seeds .. plants have one goal in life.. procreation ... and that means making a seed ... if allowed to go fully to seed.. most plants will stop blooming ... so you want to remove spent flowers as soon as they fade ... so the plant will make more flowers to try to make seed again ... make sense .. ken