Cut flowers

Sweet pea: best soil mix and feeding guide

Sweet pea is in Living Soil's Cut flowers group. Flowers grown in beds or pots for cutting. Its guide gathers what published references say about feeding and spotting problems, with 2 mixes that suit it.

What the sweet pea guide covers

Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.

Feeding1
Spotting problems3

The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.

Mixes that suit sweet pea

Raised bed fill

A solid raised bed fill with plenty of body and a modest boost of organic richness. Pair it with a soil test, which tells you what your bed still needs.

Rich raised bed fill

A far richer bed fill, packed with organic matter that feeds the soil life. Sources disagree on how rich a bed should be, and the app shows both views.

Each mix comes with the reference behind every figure, measured for your batch, pots or bed.

Good to know

Also known as: sweet peas and lathyrus odoratus

Questions

What is the best soil for sweet pea?

Living Soil lists 2 mixes that suit sweet pea, each from a published reference. They include Raised bed fill and Rich raised bed fill. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

Is the sweet pea guide free?

Its overview is free: what the guide covers and which mixes suit it. Opening the full guide takes credits, and the app shows the price before you confirm. Credits never expire.

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