Growing Sugar Snap Peas in a Hanging Basket

I was obsessed with growing sugar snap peas in container gardens in 2022. They were the perfect late fall crop, and we had an excellent harvest using a raised garden bed with a trellis. Now that we are in The Cottage and have less horizontal growing space, I’m turning my attention to growing sugar snap peas in hanging baskets.

Will this be successful? No idea.

Step 1: Plant Mature Sugar Snap Pea Seedlings

When growing sugar snap peas in a hanging basket, you’ll want to use fairly mature seedlings. This means they have sturdy root systems, which will help when you plant them in the base of the basket. I feared that the peas’ weight would pull the roots out, but so far, that hasn’t been a problem, and it’s because I waited to plant them.

Note: I got my hanging basket at Amazon. If you purchase one using this link, I might get a small commission. But let’s face it, you’d have to buy thousands for it to amount to much. 🙂

String scissors washers tools for supporting sugar snap peas growing in hanging planters Those Someday Goals

Step 2: Use a Hanging Trellis or Weighted Strings when Growing Sugar Snap Peas

Sugar snap pea vines are sticky. They will twist and attach to each other if you don’t give them something else to vine on. Also, they tend to grow up, even when gravity would seem to indicate otherwise. I used three long pieces of twine and some old washers for weights. My hope is that the sticky vines will attach and twirl on those, relieving the plant’s stress and allowing it to focus on the blooms.

Sugar Snap Peas Hanging Planter container gardening string weight Those Someday Goals — Wrapping the weighted string to support the sugar snap peas growing in the hanging planters.

Step 3: Make Sure You Can Easily Water the Plants

If you hang them too high, growing sugar snap peas in a hanging basket will be a pain in the butt. You want to avoid getting up on a ladder whenever they need watering. While they won’t need a ton of water, their shallow roots require moist soil (but not saturated).

Sugar Snap Peas Hanging Planter container gardening strings Those Someday Goals — Just added the weighted strings, and already the pea vines are wrapping around them.

Step 4: Don’t Forget Companion Plants

My next goal is to add Nasturtiums to the hanging basket. Why? When growing sugar snap peas in containers, you’ll want a companion plant that draws pests like aphids away from your pea plants. Plus, the Black Velvet Nasturtium plants are gorgeous!

Check back to see our progress!

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