sweet pea question

[Little Lottie]

Once my sweet pea's have finished flowering do I pull up the plants or will they flower again next year?

[kentvegplot]

Sweet peas are annuals, so pull them up once they've finished. If you've let some go to seed (and they're not an F1 variety) you can dry and keep the seed for starting off next year.

[Little Lottie]

Thanks Kentvegplot,

I tend to pull anything up that is not a bulb but in doing so end up pulling plants that I shouldn't - one year I will get it right!

[nick the grief]

Thanks Kentvegplot,

I tend to pull anything up that is not a bulb but in doing so end up pulling plants that I shouldn't - one year I will get it right!

Hi LL Just for reference - next year if you grow sweet peas if there are particularly nice coloured and/or scented flowers, tie a bit of coloured wool around the flower stem and let them go to seed, that way you'll only save your best ones as they self pollinate before the flower opens.

[la cebolla grande]

Don't PULL them up! Sweet Peas are legumes, just like clover, beans and edible peas, and so fix nitrogen. Chop the vegetation off, but leave the roots in the ground to rot down naturally and release all the lovely (free) nitrogen fertilizer for your garden!

LCG

[Two_Sheds]

I tend to pull anything up that is not a bulb but in doing so end up pulling plants that I shouldn't - one year I will get it right!

Yeah. You need to learn which are annual (one year only) and which are perennial (long-lasting).
Then there are the biennials to worry about ....

[Little Lottie]

Two Sheds - thats the problem and why I keep getting confused over this plant lark. I have some seeds flower seeds that say that they need sowing now and will flower in the 2nd year - but where do you keep them for all that time?

Also what is a seed bed???? Obviously it is a bed for seeds but i can't see the difference in keeping them in the greenhouse until big enough to plant out.