[tode]

Hello, does anyone know if sweet peas work like edible peas, that is, do they fix nitrogen in the soil?  Are the two plants related, or completely different families?
Thanks

[gillie]

Sweet peas are Lathyrus odoratus and Garden peas are Pisum sativum.  They are both belong to the Legume family and so they both fix nitrogen.

However sweet pea seeds are  poisonous!

Cheers,

Gillie

(Wikipedia is my friend)

[mumofstig]

(Wikipedia is my friend)

I hope you don't believe all that you read there though

[tode]

Thanks for info. I love sweet peas (as well as "green" peas, and will try growing as a "crop" in veg garden. That way the flower garden wont be ransacked each time my better half needs cut sweet peas.