How To Grow Sweet Peas

Sweeten your garden with the easy-to-grow and beautiful sweet pea.

: Mature, hardened sweet peas, unlike garden peas, are poisonous and should not be eaten.
Step 1: Prep the bed Prep your soil bed by breaking up clumps with garden tools, adding fertilizer like manure or compost, and digging a 1-inch-deep trench for the seeds.
TIP: To help the seeds absorb water and sprout earlier, use nail clippers to make a small slit in the seed.
Step 2: Plant the seeds Plant the seeds in the trench, spaced 2 to 3 inches apart.
Step 3: Cover and water Cover the seeds with soil and then water them.
Step 4: Build support Build a support for your climbing sweet peas using chicken wire and stakes.
TIP: Protect your sweet peas from birds by arching netting over them.
Step 5: Trim Trim the seedlings as they grow, and give them plenty of space between each other.
Step 6: Water Water your sweet peas regularly, but remember not to water during the hottest part of the day.
Step 7: Mulch and care Mulch the seeds well and keep the roots cool and moist. Before you know it, your garden will be sweetened with the vibrant sweet pea.
FACT: Swee’ Pea, Popeye’s adopted son, was the Crown Prince of Demonia and was set on Popeye’s doorstep by his mother for his own safety.