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In article <19981101105402.14887.00002326@ng20.aol.com>,
Grdnpeach <grdnpeach@aol.com> wrote:
>How does one plant and care for sweet pea seedlings in the fall?  I asked this
>question on rec.gardens and only got more questions in response.  I finally
>planted them in well amended soil and covered them with a floating row cover. 
>This will have to come off because the plants a re climbers.
>
>Last year I planted in the fall and only three plants survived.  Perhaps it was
>due to El Nino's excessive rains.  Any advice?

The traditional way to plant sweet peas is in a foot-deep trench
filled with rotted manure. Fill in gradually as the plants grow out of
the trench. 

I rarely bother with this method. I just dig a big hole, put in lots
of compost and some Osmocote, and plant seedlings. Bait for snails,
which will defoliate baby peas overnight. Sweet peas like sun, cool
weather,  and good drainage. They will rot in standing water or heavy
mud.  They are heavy feeders.


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