Is there a special way to grow sweet peas?

im not very good with gardening and thort sweet peas wud be easy to grow but sum1 told me they were quite hard to grow.

Is there a special way to grow sweet peas?
I grew sweet peas and they are easy to grow, I had success, and they were delicious...The most important thing to remember is sweet peas are a cold weather plant...free of frost of course, I bought "Martha Stewart" seeds and followed the directions on the back, and it worked. Make sure when you plant you seeds that they are in a nice row, and not too crowded, that's where "thinning" comes in...Just remember that they cannot take the heat...and when watering them water them from the bottom (in the soil) and not overhead watering and they are subject to "mold disease", although I believe her seeds are "mold proof". If you're talking about the flowers, they are easy also, same rule applies about the heat, and they must have strings or a fence to climb.
Reply:Plant them in some new soil so that they have plenty of nutrients, keep them watered, especially during this hot weather, and they will need a trellis or something to climb up. When they are flowering you will need to cut them daily (they smell gorgeous indoors in a vase) and this will encourage them to keep on flowering. They are very easy to grow and a beautiful flower.
Reply:As you are not good with gardening the best thing to do would be to buy the plants now.


They are sold quite cheaply ready grown in little pots and usually come in to nurseries/ garden centres about the same time as the bedding does. Plant in the ground (adding some nice copmpost to the planting hole) not in pots as they never seem to do too well if confined and give them a good general purpose feed.


When they have finished flowering do not pull them out. Wait until the seeds have ripened...they are in pea pods and the pods will dry and go brown when the seed is ripe....and plant the seeds straight away where you want them to grow for the following year. That way you will have sweetpeas growing much earlier in the season and can keep an endless supply of them going. I do this with mine every year, works a treat :)
Reply:Depends if you are using plants or seeds? If plants they are easy just watch out for slugs!


And seeds are easy too!


The only contorversey i have come across with sweet peas is whether you should soak the seeds prior to planting, some packets say you should and others don't mention it. I have tried both ways and both work but...soaking the seeds first i found that the soil was a bit stodgy and seeds were moldy green things that had managed to sprout!!!
Reply:Use the dark arts. Black magic can help them grow. I know this because vampires love them. But careful what spell you use. One might make them mutate and eat you alive....wait..is that a bad thing?
Reply:no, they are quite easy, just plant them in your backyard, their not that hard to grow.you might also want to grow them in pots first.
Reply:They have to be grown against a frame or an obelisk because they are climbers. We planted some yesterday so all we have to do now is water them and feed them occasionally.
Reply:the best way is to soak the seeds in warm water in a flask over night and then plant in compost with feed built in