Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-13
How to Grow Sweet
Peas Successfully
BY JULIE KING

No flower among our ANIMALS receives
greater admiration these days than sweet
! peas.
| You can grow them in your vegetable
| garden if you have no other space; l
have had Il long beautiful row along the
side of my garden peas, as they were
cultivated at the same time.
/ After years Of patience and watching
! have gained .nany of the little and
some Of the big secrets as to when and
how to plant in order to have results.
Sweet peas are the first seed sown.
Always SOW them tho last week of
March or first week in April. If there
is still too much frost in the ground at
that time ! wait. hoping each day will
| bring a warm sun to help me get ready
/ for my summer work
Make burrows or trenches about six
inches deep and about foot iSad a half
apart-sprinkle some manure on the bot
tom OF the trenches and then cover this
/ over with alternating it fine like sand.
| On top of this SOW the seeds, not too
| close, and cover them up for about two
| inches with dirt; pack this down hard.
making it very firm.
Don't let them grow too thick; when
they begin to show above the ground
thin them out, as blossoms will be larger
and stems longer
Keep filling in the dirt as they grow
putting grass cuttings from the lawn
around the roots in very hot weather:
this keeps them shaded aud moist
Don't plant them gainst "A fence, or
the house, because tho" must bo i'm the
open-thats why 1 suggest your -vege-
table garden.
Another way to proto' the roots from
very hot sun, is to have a row of
dwarf nasturtiums along the edge of the
burrows.
y scotsman gave me this idea; the effect
was beautiful, and the plants healthier
They must have something on which to
climb, Garden articles so often sugpest
a wire trells; this of course viii do
but l cut switches about four or five feet
hlSh, from the woods, and nut these I'm
the ground in deep holes along nv rows
As there are many varieties of seeds try
and plant each color by itself
For instance, have one end of your row
all pink and white. its centre purDIes 90
ing back TO white and blending now win
reds. 800"
There are many tints that can be boupbt
by the pound-these are very well mixed
pHA u Nou want lhe color Arrangement
separated, II is best to buy packages Of
selected Colors. "
Keep your patch well rid of weeds-hv
starting in to weed as soon ag anv an
pear Sweet peas are started so much
earlier than other flower seeds thai voI,
have plenty of time to spend nIIrsins
the plants-so walk out each mornire
ana pull away the weeds that bave
come since yesterday-it's surprising NOV,
much faster they grow than the flowers
Water well-sweet peas need lois of
moisture. '
III you wish to have an abundance %
blooms keep cutting them; gather an
the blossoms in the evening, after tba
sun has left your garden, and when ,,o,,
so back IN the morning you win AMI
Your patch full of blooms again. Do tnt
allow any blossoms TO 20 10 saed 80
wither ON the bushes
This is not hard 10 do and each ever-
ing when you gather your flowers re-
member to attend to this L am s,,r,
Your sweet peas will be your pride ana
much admired by all who see them
Your friends win ask you how you
grew them, and you will be delighted 10
go over ii all again, as by that time Won
VIII be so in love with your patch that
YOU Will want the spring to hurry back.
80 you can try out new ideas that have
come 10 you-and different varieties
for there are SO many.
start IN now ana make your selections
the Kind you want 10 grow i hope
Eou viii have the success and the 10y /
have had 10 planting aud gathering mine.