Happy Spring, everyone! Here come the sweet peas for the season. We may have... MAY have gone a bit overboard.
How many do we have here, six different varieties? I lost count after Jess dumped them all out of her shoe box full of seeds.
Okay, step one was to soak the seeds - a sopping wet paper napkin on a plate does nicely. (Although it takes up your entire kitchen counter space.)
After a couple of days (it probably says 24 hours on the packet but we left them longer,) they start to look like this:
Jess pulled the weeds and added compost. We made two rows and added the seeds.
Added water:
And if they are anything like this freakish moonflower that we started by seed, these sweet peas will be popping up any day now!!
Hum! So should I do that with any seeds I want to put directly in the dirt?
ReplyDeleteIt'll usually recommend whether or not to soak seeds first on the packet. Beans, peas, pumpkins, cucumbers - stuff like that usually need soaking. :)
Delete*Disclaimer: I totally called Jess at work to answer this :)