Sweet peas and how to grow them . om pots should be put out quite fifteen inches apartand in a zigzag manner in the shallow drill. But deep plantingis advisable; that is to say the lower part of the stems of the plantsought to be covered. After having been put out in this manner, as 32 SWEET PEAS illustrated, a little soil should be drawn up to both sides of the row,or to the plants in the clump, as the case may be. This is commonlyknown as earthing up, and is an invaluable bit of work. In thesketch A A shows the soil drawn up from B B. Some of this will fallamongst the young plants, and will
Sweet peas and how to grow them . om pots should be put out quite fifteen inches apartand in a zigzag manner in the shallow drill. But deep plantingis advisable; that is to say the lower part of the stems of the plantsought to be covered. After having been put out in this manner, as 32 SWEET PEAS illustrated, a little soil should be drawn up to both sides of the row,or to the plants in the clump, as the case may be. This is commonlyknown as earthing up, and is an invaluable bit of work. In thesketch A A shows the soil drawn up from B B. Some of this will fallamongst the young plants, and will do good rather than harm,C U shows where the sticks must be driven in, and in^licates also thatpart of the ground which is well manured and broken up to a depthof about three feet. Staking the Plants.—Coarse meshed wire netting is nowlargely used for supporting Sweet Feas, and most serviceable it is the majority of growers use sticks. These should be put in ingood time. When the young plants are only an inch or two high. BABTHINO UP THESEEDLINGS. STAKING, FIRST WITH SMALL TWIGS, AFTERWARDS WITH TALL HAZEL STICKS. small twiggy sticks are placed to them, and in the case of seedlingsplanted out from pots, the necessary sticks are put in directlythe planting and earthing-up are completed. The accompanyingsketch shows how to put in the sticks. The small branching piecesare first placed to the rows as shown at A, and in a few weeks timethe tall ones B, must be driven in quite eight or ten inches deep. Itis a wise plan to fix a few stronger sticks, or rather stakes, in atevery nine feet of row ; then one can fasten all securely by strandsof string or wire on each side. The tops of the tall sticks oughtto be about one foot apart, and not meet closely together. Hazelsticks are the best. Pinching or Stopping Young Plants.—Autumn-raised SWEET PEA GROWING 33 plants often produce a somewhat weakly main stem; they areespecially liable to do so if they have insufficient fresh air
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