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Mic The Gardener - Gardening Podcast - Sweet Peas with Roger Parsons


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Hello there and welcome back to the Mike the Gardener - Gardening Podcast.

In this weeks episode I’m bringing you another Plant special – Sweet Peas!  I chat to Sweet Pea expert and President of the National Sweet Pea Society, Roger Parsons. Roger has been growing sweet peas for 35 years and has his own family run business, Roger Parsons Sweet Peas. He is also the author of the book "Sweet Peas: An Essential Guide’ and co-author of ‘Lathyrus: A Complete Guide”

In this fact filled episode Roger tells me everything about growing sweet peas including:

  • When and how to sow sweet peas
  • What type of compost to use
  • What to sow sweet peas into into
  • Pinching out – to pinch or not to pinch
  • Feeding and watering requirements
  • Pests & dieseases
  • General maintenance, and much more
  • Roger also tells me about the different types of sweet peas and shares his own personal favourite, named after his wife and tells us why he chose this particulsr sweet pea.  We also discuss customer favourites and sweet pea trends.

    If you need more information about sweet peas, then head to Rogers website www.rpsweetpeas.com  or perhaps consider joining the National Sweet Pea Society.

    As always, please do send me your comments about this episode and the Mic the Gardener podcast to the show’s email address [email protected]. I’d also be very grateful if you could leave a review with your podcast provider.

    And don’t forget to follow/subscribe as there’s lots more still to come in the weeks ahead.

    Bye-bye for now bye-bye!

    Mike

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