A guide from A to Z

The planting time

Despite the fact that vetches can cope well with the last night frosts in spring, it is advisable to sow the plants in the open only after the ice saints. Even vetches brought forward in the house should only then move to the bed.

The site

Sweet peas love moderately sunny to partially shaded locations. the acrobatic climber want to go up high, so give the sweet peas a place where they can climb up undisturbed. A higher fence or a trellis is ideal. We also recommend a place sheltered from the wind so that the shoots are not kinked by stormy air.

The soil requirements

Vicia prefers humus and slightly calcareous soils that should be well drained.

The planting distance

You can place peas very tightly. A planting distance of ten centimeters is sufficient.

Sow vetch

The fragrant climbing plants can be found outdoors in mild regions as early as April sow. In order for the seeds to sprout well, it is important that the vetch find enough nutrients. For this reason, enrich the soil with ripe compost in advance.

Prefer in the house

From March onwards, you can place small vetch plants on the windowsill. Soak the seeds in lukewarm water overnight. Vicia is a dark germ, so the seeds get about two inches deep in Potting soil plugged. They germinate quickly in a not too warm place and can be moved outdoors from a height of ten centimeters.

Insert

Vetches don't like to be pricked out, so make sure you move the small plants together with the soil attached to the root ball into the garden.

The increase

If you don't remove everything that has withered from the plant in late summer, you can do a lot Wickensamen harvest yourself for the next year.

Good and bad neighbors

Sweet peas take up a lot of nitrogen and therefore harmonize perfectly with all plants that consume the soil heavily.