How do I cut my flowers?

So I want to plant some sweet peas (flower) and I read the back of the package which says,





Care: water regularly and deeply. Cut flowers at least every other day and remove all seed pods.





What does the last sentence mean? Cut the flowers?? cut them off? WHAT SEED PODS? help please!





I've never really planted anything my life and i'm quite clueless as how to start! Thank you!

How do I cut my flowers?
It's too late to be planting sweet peas. I would keep your packet until next year and plant them in the spring. You do not need to cut the flowers off or the pods. When you plant your seeds, make sure you plant them where they can grow up against a fence or trellis and let them grow wild. They will grow high and look really lovely. Keep the pods on the plant until they have finished flowering (the pods look just like a pea pod which grows on the plant) then you have loads of seeds for some more plants. When they have finished flowering and starting to die off, take the pods off the plant, let them dry out and then split them so you have all the new seeds for the next year. Keep in an airtight container until you are ready to plant out.
Reply:cut your stems on a slant instead of straight they get more water intake and live longer
Reply:Cut off daily any dead or dying blooms, it will continue to bloom if you cut off the dead blooms, same with roses.
Reply:Check out:


http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/


http://www.reneesgarden.com/articles/suc...


You will see "pods" once the plant grows. Cut them off. You can let them dry and get more "free" seeds, if pods were mature, but unopened when you cut them off the plant. Removing the flowers/seed pods, promote growth to the main plant.


Hope this helps.
Reply:If you are in the UK it is a bit late for planting seeds. It should be done in Spring. The directions on the packet will say when the best time is. When they flower, it makes more flowers come if you pick some regularly. The pods are the seeds of the flowers. If you remove them, the plant has more strength to give to the flowers. Good luck
Reply:Feeding





Ideally a sweet pea plant will derive much of its nutrition via its mycorrhizal symbiote, particularly nitrogen and phosphate. High levels of potassium are beneficial in encouraging firm, disease resistant growth but must be balanced by suitable levels of magnesium, as increasing the concentration of potassium in the soil inhibits the uptake of magnesium by the plant. For this reason heavy dressings of potassium sulphate will often lead to symptoms of magnesium deficiency. When seedlings get to be about 5 - 6" tall, feed with diluted fish emulsion, organic fertilizer or manure tea every two weeks for about one month to give the plants a good start.





Mulching





When plants are about 5 - 6" tall apply a good quality straw mulch. I apply at least a 4" layer. Avoid cheap hay mulches as they are weedy.





Harvesting





Flowers should be cut every few days to encourage continuing bloom, a certain delight! Flowers can be put right into a solution of lemon-lime soda (sugar and acid) and water for a longer vase life. Use 2 parts water to one part soda.