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How to Grow Sweet Peas from Seed | Easy Step-by-Step Guide for Beautiful Flowers
Mar 11, 2026
This video shows how to grow sweet peas from seed using simple step-by-step methods. I explain how to prepare the seeds, sow them correctly, and give them the best conditions for strong germination.
I also share tips on supporting plants, watering, and regular picking to encourage plenty of colourful, fragrant flowers throughout the season. A practical guide for gardeners who want beautiful climbing flowers and reliable results.
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Let's sew our sweet peas. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And today we're
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going to be sewing our sweet peas. You
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may have seen a previous video of us
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sewing some and they've all germinated.
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They're doing absolutely fantastic in
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our Oakland root trainer. So, we're
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going to sew some more because sweet
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peas are so scented, gorgeous, smell
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beautiful, look gorgeous, and they're
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perfect for vasees and the bees as well.
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So, we're going to get absolutely loads
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of these growing. So, we're going to
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show you the best way to get them
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germinated and get growing down at the
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plot because it's not as case as just
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sewing the seeds. You can do a little
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magic trick to give them that bit of
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push and hopefully germinate a lot
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faster. So, let's have a look what we're
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doing. So, we've got three pots and
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we've got some water, some clean water
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as well. So, what we're going to do is
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we're going to put the seeds in some
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water to soak for 24 hours. That will
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help soften the shells up, which will
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help them speed up with germination. So,
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yep, we've got three bowls because we
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got three varieties so that we know
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which varieties are which. And yeah,
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let's get them soaking overnight. So,
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there we are. We've put a bit of water
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in the bottom of each one. So, leave
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them for 24 hours and then we're going
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to sew them up and get them potted.
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So, we've had the sweet peas now soaking
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for 24 hours. So that will have loosened
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the shells up and it will help speed and
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speed up germination. Now we're going to
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be sewing these in our Oakland garden
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root trainers. Now if you've not seen
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the video, go and check them out as they
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are absolutely brilliant. These are the
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root trainers which I'm going to be
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growing them in. And the best thing
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about these is that they split apart so
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that you can just take them out and then
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plant them straight in the ground when
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they're ready to be planted out once the
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chance of frost is gone. So that is
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perfect for growing them in. So we're
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going to sew these in here and hopefully
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get some good sweet peas. We've now got
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already a batch growing. They're all
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germinating already. So we'll be
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planting those out around May time when
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it warms up. So yeah, let's get another
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batch started and let's get all these
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sewn. We've got some great colored
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varieties. I can't wait to see these in
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flower and smell them down at the plot.
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So we've got them filled up with
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compost. So now we need to get the seeds
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and place them in. We might put four
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seeds in each one, I think, because we
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need to try and get all them seeds in
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this root trainer. So we'll give it a
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try and see how well we get on and
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succeed. So we've sewn all them now and
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we've put labels in each row so that we
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know which colors they are when they
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germinate because then we can arrange
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them and hopefully get some nice
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arrangements growing on the a lotment
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and some nice flowers. So, next up is to
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just give them a water and then we'll
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put the propagator lid over the top
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which comes with it and we'll put them
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in our mini greenhouse to start
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germinating. Put them in our mini
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greenhouse and what they'll look like in
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a few weeks is something like this. Look
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at them. Absolutely amazing. They're
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growing so well in the poly tunnel in
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the mini greenhouse. Absolutely amazing.
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So, hopefully we'll get a good harvest
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of sweet peas this year down at the
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plot. I'm absolutely outstandard with
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how well they're getting on. So, make
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sure you hit that follow button to stay
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up to date with how well our sweet peas
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get on. We post a regular weekly video
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of what's happening in the poly tunnel.
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So, stay tuned for that and we'll keep
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you updated on how well they're growing.
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Until next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
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with Ben everyone.
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