Topic: Sweet Pea Support

[Amazin]

If worried about the string spirals slipping down, push a few of those telephone wire clips into the canes to keep them in place.

[PurpleHeather]

I use them for covering fences.

I will try one year to plants some round a tree to see how that works.

[Garden Manager]

I normally grow mine up an obelisk of some kind. I used to have a willow one bought from a garden centre but this fell to bits at the end of last summer.

This year in the true allotmenting/Geof Hamilton spirit I made a 'new' obelisk from some old trellis panels I had no more use for. They were rectangular but with the aid of a saw and a few nails turned it into a triangular shape. The end result looks good and I hope will last a few years at least.

[Hyacinth]

Those willow ones are a real con, aren't they?

[Garden Manager]

Those willow ones are a real con, aren't they?

Well yes and no. I had been using it for a good few years Alishka (maybe 5 or 6). I guess it just couldnt cope with last summers weather.

The real problem i had with it was that it was difficult to anchor. My garden is quite windy and the obelisk would blow over even when empty let alone loaded with sweet peaa plants. I tried all sorts of ways to keep it upright but it still frquently blew over in a summer storm. Ended up having to lash tree stakes to each corner! Good job it was sited on the veg plot and not in the border.

[Garden Manager]

Heres a photo of my 'new' sweet pea obelisk.



3 sided, with sweet peas already planted and doing well.

Not bad recyling eh?