Sweet Peas 



the lines nine inches apart and the seeds three 

 to four inches apart in the lines and planted 

 one inch deep. Slugs and snails are apt to prey 

 on the young plants and must be watched for. 

 A slight dusting of lime is a good protection. 

 Birds are also depredators in some districts, 

 and if the rows cannot be protected by nets, a 

 few lines of black sewing thread stretched tightly 

 on short pins a few inches above the plants usually 

 scare the birds. If the germination is good, and 

 if the young plants are not destroyed, it will be 

 found they are rather thick in the lines as sown. 

 Thin them to six or nine inches apart or even 

 twelve, if very strong. The thinnings can be 

 transplanted, if carefully lifted. Give them away 

 to a friend, and so encourage the growth of good 

 sweet peas! 



As soon as possible in the case of plants from 

 boxes or pots as soon as they are planted out 

 they ought to be staked with small twigs if the 

 permanent stakes are not available. The question 

 of staking, i.e., of securing stakes is a difficult 

 one in many districts. Hazel branches eight 

 feet high are ideal, or light feathery branches 

 of any other tree make good stakes. If such 

 cannot be procured, the wire trainers supplied 

 by seedsmen can be used, only, if the plants are 



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