Cover the seeds with soil and gently firm it down. Support: Peas are climbing plants that benefit from support. As the plants grow, provide a trellis, stakes, or a pea fence for them to climb on.

Once peas have reached 5-8cm (2-3in) in height and their tendrils begin to reach out for support, place stakes next to plants. To grow an early crop, try sowing seeds in a length of old guttering ...

If the peas are vining types, add a support to the container when you plant the seeds. Because peas are annuals and die at ...

Why grow sweet peas as a screen? Sweet peas need support and a screen is a great way of exploiting their natural growing habit while introducing height, colour and scent in one season. Create a ...

Plant two seeds in each 3-inch pot or several seeds 2 inches apart in a long rectangular container. Once the seedlings reach ...

January is a great time of year to start growing sweet peas ... removing a piece of the hard seed coat to help with germination. I have grown sweet peas for several years; I have never found ...

Then last year, Germinal contacted the John Innes Centre to see if they could help develop a UK-grown ... that farmers are already starting to grow more peas because it reduces the amount of ...