If you’ve decided to plant sweet peas from seed this year, you’ve made a wise choice. These hardy annuals make a lovely addition to the garden, and if you’re about to sow the seeds, you’re probably ...

If you love sweet peas as much as I do, you will probably be sowing your seeds right about now. You may also share in my knowledge that sweet pea seeds can sometimes be difficult to germinate. But my ...

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For the past three years, I’ve started my pea crop by using the “gutter pea” technique. I know that doesn’t sound very appetizing, but it is a great method for sowing and transplanting them. Most ...

Protect the shoots from mice and squirrels with a holly barricade If you bury something delicious – a perfect package of protein, round, soft and expanding as it starts to swell into germination – ...

Now is the time to sow sweet-pea seeds: here’s how to make sure you have beautiful blooms come spring and summer Tom Brown, a Telegraph columnist for four years, is head gardener at West Dean College ...

EARLIER work 1–4 has indicated that the production and metabolism of ethanol during the germination of pea seeds are accompanied by changes in the organic acid contents of the cotyledons. Paper ...

Light isn't always the deciding factor in successful seed germination. The answer depends on characteristics that vary from ...

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