Sweet pea is considered one of the most original ornamental plants. Caring for it is quite complicated, but because not everyone knows what kind of flower it is. Do not confuse it, for example, with a product such as sweet peppers .
And although the latter is the seeds of the same "climbing" plant, like sweet peas, it is not the same species. A decorative plant is grown to decorate and decorate arbors, verandas and mesh fences.
Depending on the variety, the height of the pea stem can range from 50 to 200 cm. In our country, it is tall varieties that are often used. Sweet peas, the cultivation of which is quite affordable, prefers sunny, sheltered from strong winds places. At the same time, the presence of shadow is practically not allowed.
More preferred is the seedling method of breeding this plant. The fact is that he has a fairly long vegetative period. Sweet peas, the cultivation of seeds of which in the open ground can be started from the end of May, in this case it will bloom only in August. He is not afraid of frosts and can easily endure cooling to –5 degrees Celsius.
With the seedling method, you can start acting from the first of April. In both the first and second cases, seeds (2 pieces each) are added to a hole about two centimeters deep. These plants do not like crowding in the same way as acid soil. In this case, they will grow very slowly. Poor tolerates peas and transplant. After moving to open ground, it is sick for a long time and stops growing for two weeks. However, in any case, in early or mid-July, you can get blooming sweet peas. Growing from seeds by planting immediately in open ground, as mentioned above, allows you to get flowers only at the end of summer.
In any case, this plant requires high-quality air and water permeable soil. Otherwise, the bushes may even die. Adult flowers are planted in such a way that there are no more than four plants per 1 m 2 . Perennial sweet peas are recommended to be grown in one place for no more than four consecutive years. This is due to the fact that spores of a pathogenic fungus, which is very dangerous for the health of flowers, accumulate in the soil. For the same reason, do not fertilize the plant with fresh organic fertilizers.
Feed
it before flowering with urea or rotted chicken manure. In the autumn, preparing beds, humus is introduced into the soil. Sweet peas, growing from seeds and seedlings of which is a rather difficult task, are watered not under a bush, but at a distance of twenty centimeters so as not to compact the soil. Loosening is necessary after each watering.
Supports for this weaving plant set fourteen days after the first shoots appear. As they grow, the stems are guided in such a way that a beautiful, solid, fragrant “wall” is obtained. Each variety of peas smells different, but they all look unusually impressive. Often its flowers are compared with colorful butterflies. They look very interesting. For bouquets take peduncles with a length of 25 cm.