Topic: sweet peas in grow bags?

[wahaj]

i've got a lot of different varieties of sweet peas but i don't really have the space to grow them. except for the allotment which is chest high in weeds right now.

can i grow them in grow bags. basically i've got a paved over back yard that has no use. i want to train them up canes like edible peas sowed in grow bags....is that possible do you think?

[MrsKP]

no idea (as mine were in the ground this year and took over like triffids) but worth a shot.  Just keep em well fed and watered I would imagine.

 ;D

[shirlton]

I used to show sweet peas about 10 years ago and the prep of the beds was essential. A good deep digging and manuring so that the roots could get down. If I were you I would try some of the old fashioned sweet peas as they are a lot smaller but none the less just as beautiful and of course they smell better, You could try them growing up a wigwam in a pot. Hope that you are successful whatever you decide

[wahaj]

awww thanks you guys :)

yea i think i have some old fashioned ones aswell so i'll give them a shot.

[MrsKP]

has to be said that the bed mine were in, was virgin compost with a tonne of other newly imported this year goodies so they were very well fed and the ground was very well dugover.

i'll remember that next year.

 ;D

[Rosa_Mundi]

Sweet peas prefer a deep root run - I think you'd be better off emptyomg the growbags into big pots and growing your plants that way. Would look prettier, too :)

[Hyacinth]

Next year I'm going to grow living shading for my greenhouse by growing sweetpeas in deep troughs round it, and the soil will be growbag soil....neat idea, eh?  8)

[MrsKP]

how much sun do they need ?  i'm thinking of putting them the arch side of No. 1.  i've only needed limited shading this year and my SPs have been out for months !

oh and brill idea, don't mind if i pinch it do you ?

 :D

[Hyacinth]

Feel free..... :P ;)

[triffid]

Last year I planted them along with the climbing beans and they were gorgeous. Didn't get my act together this year, and am now wondering whether 2006's smaller harvest may be partly because I had extra pollinating insects visiting last year for the sweet pea-French/runner bean combi.

*makes note to add sweet peas to veg seed purchases for next year*

[Hyacinth]

triffid, if there's a Wyvale GC near you - get them now. 25p a packet. Bought mine yesterday 8)

[wahaj]

i wish a had a wyevale near me. *sigh*

oh well!

but yes thanks for the help guys. i'll probably grow them in pots in that case.

[Hyacinth]

Cavalry to the rescue!
Have PM'd you  :)

[wahaj]

bless yer heart!