What is the Best support for sweet peas?
last time I used plastic netting and the sweet peas looked straggly and did'nt seem to like the netting. Any experienced suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Answers:
I grow sweet peas every year, and they require a little more care than some flowers. I seem to have the best luck using trellises. You can get them inexpensively almost anywhere. Another thing that works well is fishing line. Get a dowel cut to the length you need, run it along the top of the fenceline, and tie fishing line, so that it hangs down to the ground. The vines will grow up them.
Other answers:
I've always been disappointed with climbing sweet peas, lovely flower, make good cut flowers for indoors, but too well liked by the slugs and snails - too high maintenance, in fact! As a suggestion, instead of using bamboo canes use 'pea sticks' if you have done any hard pruning earlier keep back 3' lengths of twigs and use these instead of bamboo - looks more natural.
I've always been disappointed with climbing sweet peas, lovely flower, make good cut flowers for indoors, but too well liked by the slugs and snails - too high maintenance, in fact! As a suggestion, instead of using bamboo canes use 'pea sticks' if you have done any hard pruning earlier keep back 3' lengths of twigs and use these instead of bamboo - looks more natural.
I like bamboo stakes. Use four and position them like a tepee. Use natural color twine to tie them at the top. When the plant reaches the top of the "tepee", cut it so that the base bushes out more.
good luck.
PS - buy the snail a beer