{"id":7715,"date":"2012-02-29T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T07:31:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:20:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:20:58","slug":"planning-and-planting-perfect-sweet-pea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/02\/planning-and-planting-perfect-sweet-pea\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning and Planting the Perfect Sweet Pea Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIt’s nearly March 1st, which means seed-starting time – at least for early crops. I too have been guilty of the most common mistake that new gardeners often make -starting their vegetable and flower seeds too early. Most seeds must wait, until the end of March or even mid-April for crops such as tomatoes, but there are some crops that benefit from early kick-starts, and cut-flower sweet peas is one of them. If you love the classic, old-fashioned long-stemmed sweet peas that you sometimes see in stylish weddings and florists, then you must grow the proper varieties – welcome to the cultivation of the rarely experienced English Spencer varieties of sweet peas. The sweet peas that true sweet pea fans grow, and the same varieties used for exhibition in England, where they are so popular. If you too want to experience these amazing long stemmed, fragrant and colorful sweet peas, now is the time to plant them – starting with seeds.<\/div>\n