Hello!
So I know many of you enthusiastically planted sweet peas with me back in the spring. And I’m wondering how your sweet peas turned out.

Mine: not so much!

There are a few things that I think contributed to my sweet pea failures.

1. Timing. I planted them out late. I had LOTS of seedlings, but I was worried about a late frost, so I kept them in The Greenhouse too long. I should have planted them out in the ground sooner.

2. Shade. I love where I planted them, but I don’t think they get enough sun. Not until the vines got taller. So I may have to move them for next year.

3. Soil. I didn’t add compost to the soil where my sweet peas were growing this year, and I think that would have helped. Compost holds in moisture and it provides slow-release nutrition, too. So next year: a good layer of compost.

At any rate, after all of that work, I got about SIX sweet pea blooms — and they didn’t start blooming until nearly the end of August. That is just strange.

So, lessons learned for next year! I was so worried about them roasting that I think I babied them too much!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! Here’s to a fabulous month ahead!

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Cheers!
Angela

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