Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: courgette on February 28, 2008, 11:34

Title: sweet peas
Post by: courgette on February 28, 2008, 11:34

are sweet peas ideal for containers? I was hoping to put a container down by the fence with netting against the fence for them to climb up. :?:

Title: sweet peas
Post by: compostqueen on February 28, 2008, 14:54

why not  :D   You can get dwarf sweet peas too which would be ideal  :D

Title: sweet peas
Post by: richyrich7 on February 28, 2008, 15:03

Yep ideal or grow runner beans like painted lady for a flower and a crop  :wink:

Title: sweet peas
Post by: Aunt Sally on February 28, 2008, 15:21

I grew sweet peas (and runner beans) in containers for many years.  Keep them watered very well though and feed with tomato fertiliser.

Title: sweet peas
Post by: wighty on February 28, 2008, 16:42

We grow seetpeas up nets tied to the side of our greenhouse from containers to use as a form of shade which has always worked in the past.  It is the sidethough that only gets the sun until midday so use coolglass on the other.