What is sweet peas?
Sweet peas, also known as lathyrus odoratus, is an annual garden climbing race from the family Fabaceae. Sweet peas are of Mediterranean origin, but now it is doing all over the world. They are very popular with gardeners because they are attractive and easy to grow. The merged leaves consist of two leaflets with Úpová in the middle. It is this tendril that grabs support and helps to climb the plants.
Sweet peas flowers are fragrant, fine looking and only flower has three or four flowers on the stem. While wild sweet peas come in several selected colors, specially cultivated varieties or cultivars are available in a very wide abundance of colors. Od sedmnáctého století se pěstovaly sladké hrachové kultivary. He was responsible for Transf Sweet Peaormation from a regular garden flower to the winner of the show. Mr. Eckford received royal recognition and many awards for his work. By the way, these seeds are very toxic; Unlike their relatives of legumes, they must not be eaten. You want to get a varietyOh and colors of your choice, buy the seeds of the highest quality from the reliable seed dealer.
Some gardeners prefer to soak seeds overnight before planting. This makes the coverage of hard seeds and seeds that swell, are guaranteed to develop on seedlings. Others consider this practice harmful to plant growth.
The planting season is usually from March to November. Prepare a composting flower bed for a sunny, well -drained area. Place the seeds at a suitable distance apart, without overflow. Let the seedlings develop.
There are two methods of growing sweet pea seeds, natural and cordon. In the natural case, plants are set where they can choose their own support and can grow and rise as they like. In the Cordon method, each plant is provided separate support. After four to six weeks of growth of seedlings, with the exception of the main stem,are all other shoots cut off.
commercial and show growers follow the Cordon method. With just one main stem, the plant can focus on the production of better flowers. To further strengthen the plant, some gardeners tear off early flowers. The plant then begins to produce four flowers on the flowers of the stems.
Květiny se obvykle objevují asi dva nebo tři měsíce po výsadbě. Regular cutting with opening flowers helps to promote greater flower growth. Do not allow the flowers to evolve because it slows down the production of flowers. Cut flowers, if located in lemon soda and aquatic solution, can last more than one or two days.
In addition to watering dry spells and protection in cold, sweet games, they take care of it. Normally they are rather resistant plants. However, make sure you protect the plants against snail, slugs, aphids, pollen beetles, leaves of leaves, mice and birds. Some diseases that affect the sweet peas are the drop of budsIT, burns of leaves and molds.
To deal with pests introduction of lace and ladybugs to Sweet Pea Garden. Soap water spray can help with pests and diseases. Avoid chemicals unless the situation is really desperate.