Topic: Sweet Peas.....I Give Up!!!!!

[shirlton]

If you want to grow cordons you will get a good strong shoot after you pinch the top out. The first leader very often goes blind anyway.Worth the challenge whatever way you grow em

[thespade08]

Yes, this is what my dad asked me. I got my seed from Wilko's. My dad told me that this is what I get for buying cheap seeds  :-X

Is he right?

Jo.
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I bought my sweet pea seeds from wilko,s and had no problems with mine they all germinated,
in my mini unheated greenhouse

[grawrc]

Thanks for that Rosa, my Red Arrow have 3 pairs of true leaves on now, do I pull them or cut them?

I usually kind of pinch them out between thumbnail and forefingernail.

[posie]

Thanks Grawc, I'll have a go at that tomorrow.  I wonder if I should be doing that with my toms?

[loopyloulou]

brilliantr thankyou rosa, will let them get used to being where they are and then in a few days time nip them, dont know why im fussing them so much tho as we have some locally that grow in the oddest places every year in the local neighbourhood, absolutlely no care whatsoever and every year pop there they are, yet can i get mine past the slugs?? will deffo pinch out tho as i dont mind waiting for flowers as long as i get some :) many thanx again everyone! lou xx (ps shirltone ill be plantig the ones you gave me this week, and hopefully putting the wigwam in the kids plot on the lotty for some others to start up... wish me luck!) xx