Sweetpea - Old Spiced Mixed

Sweetpea Old Spiced Mix is a hardy annual, it can be sown where it is to flower.

• Sow indoors for surest results, 1.5cm deep, 5 seeds per 12cm pot of compost.
• Water well and place in a cold frame, greenhouse or cool windowsill.
• A temperature of 15c is ideal.
• Seedlings usually appear in 12-21 days.
• Keep moist.
• Pinch out the growing tip when two pairs of leaves have formed to encourage bushy growth.
• Gradually accustom plants to outside conditions, before planting out 30cm apart.
• Support with tall canes or netting.
• Sow outdoors for ease, where they are to flower, 1.5cm deep, into finely prepared which has already been watered.
• Sow two seeds together every 30cm.
• Remove weaker seedling, which can then be transplanted.
• Seeds sown in autumn generally flower earlier the following year.
• Pick blooms regularly to prolong flowering season.
• Average 30 seeds