How Do You Grow Sugar Snap Peas In Containers?
Sugar snap peas are grown for their edible pods that have a slightly sweet taste when compared with other edible pod pea varieties, such as snow peas. Snap peas have a shallow root system, making them suitable to growing in the confines of a container garden. Snap peas produce their pods along long vines that must be supported during the plant’s entire life cycle, which is the main issue that must be overcome when growing the peas in a planter. Place one or two bricks in the bottom of a 3- to 5-gallon plastic planter. Place the bricks so they do not cover the bottom drainage holes in the planter. The bricks weigh down the planter so it does not become top-heavy as the peas grow. Fill the planter with a moist soil mix. Leave a 2-inch space between the top of the planter and the top of the soil. Insert two or three 6-foot bamboo poles into the planter near the rim, pushing them down until the poles hit the bottom of the pot. Space the poles 3 to 6 inches apart. Sow two to three pea seeds
