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LATHYRUS
Judith Wilkinson
COMMON NAMES
Sweet Pea
Pois Vivace, Gesse
GROUP/SPECIES
odoratus
TYPE
HARDY ANNUAL
ROLES
DISC
SUITABLE FOR CUTTING
YES
TO MATURITY
6 MONTHS
BORDER POSITION
BACK
SCENT
YES
MOISTURE
Moist but well-drained
HEIGHT
240
SPACE
20
SPREAD
50
SOIL TYPE
LOAM SAND
SOIL ACIDITY
ALKALINE NEUTRAL ACID
SUNLIGHT
FULL SUN
SOW IN
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DEC
Sow indoors autumn or spring. Soak seed for 24 hours. Drain. Sow 3 seeds in an 8cm pot, 10mm deep into moist well-drained compost or singly into a root trainer. Cover the seeds with 1cm of vermiculite or compost. Maintain 20-25°C. Germination: 7-21 days. Once germinated grow on in cooler conditions
SOW OUT
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Directly, sow into drills of fertile soil prepared with compost and fertiliser, 25mm deep, 8cm spacing
PLANT IN
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MAY
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If sown in pots, transplant seedlings into 9cm pots once they have reached about 4cm. When seedlings are 8cm, pinch out the top of the shoot just above a healthy leaf
PLANT OUT
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MAY
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Prepare a bed with compost and fertiliser. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed against a frame with two plants per post. Pinch out the growing points of each stem when 2nd pair leaves has opened
WATER
Water every two days until established then once a week
FEED
Feed weekly
CARE
Pinch out the growing points of each stem. Provide a framework on which to climb. Allow 2 plants per frame. Deadhead frequently
PRUNE
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Remove plants in autumn
HARVEST
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JUL
AUG
SEP
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CUT
Cut in the early morning or late evening
CONDITION
Recut the stems underwater, 2cm above the base
VASE LIFE DAYS
7
CULINARY USES
NO
PROPAGATE
SEED
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Sow seeds in spring or autumn
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