Video: Growing and Training Sweet Pea Flowers
Growing sweet pea seedlings to prepare for transplanting to the garden may require a bit of trimming and training.
In this video, you’ll see a simple technique for training sweet peas borrowed from Kathleen at Primrose Hill in New York and demonstrated by Kelly from Team Flower.
Growing sweet pea flowers is one of our favorite things to do each year and starting sweet peas indoors is a great way to get a jump on the season.
Sweet peas grow quickly and can become tangled before weather permits safe transplanting. In this video, you’ll see a demonstration of how to safely train and trim your sweet pea seedlings without harming the plant. This sweet pea pruning process not only makes it easier to transfer the individual plants to your garden, but it also encourages side-shoot growth making each plant stockier than before.
Tips for Growing Sweet Pea Flowers
Stake sweet pea seedlings with small twigs when starting indoors.
To train sweet pea flowers, look for first true set of leaves and snip the vine directly after that first set for a bushier plant with more side shoots.
You can learn more from Kelly and Kathleen in their class Foundations for Growing Cut Flowers.
In this course, Kathleen guides us through a full year of the growing cycle and shares the foundational skill-set required for a successful growing season. Kathleen has been growing flowers for 30 years. Seeds can be purchased here and here.
