Author Topic: How are your sweet peas doing? (Read 7022 times)

saddad · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2009, 16:26:45 »

Ours are just showing too Manics... ;D

Mowhay · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:24:17 »

Planted mine 20th Jan in trays on the spare room windowsill and moved them to the unheated greenhouse on the 31st. 23 out of 24 germinated. Planted the hanging basket ones on 21st Feb and they are showing through this morning going into greenhouse tomorrow so they don't get "leggy".

Borlotti · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2009, 18:23:23 »

Question for Betula and anyone else. Sweet peas are coming up well in unheated lean to. Still got some seeds to plant. When can I put the sweet peas that are coming up, getting tall now, outside (I have pinched off the top shoots). Heard a rumour that snow is coming back next week, so shall I wait a while.

saddad · « **Reply #23 on:** February 27, 2009, 18:25:29 »

I'd wait a week or two yet Borlotti :)

Borlotti · « **Reply #24 on:** February 27, 2009, 18:33:33 »

Thanks, I will wait. The weather has been so lovely in London today that it is very tempting to plant seeds too early. I will try and be patient.

flossy · « **Reply #25 on:** February 27, 2009, 18:46:45 »

Snow !!! Next week, Noooooooooooooooo, can't cope with any more, :(

Was gardening in my T shirt today, was hot in my south facing garden ---- someone

tell me that it's not gonna happen !

Umm, sweet peas, umm, still haven't sown them yet, umm , doh ! :-[

floss x

saddad · « **Reply #26 on:** February 27, 2009, 18:50:22 »

Soak them overnight Flossy and sow them tomorrow, they'll be a bit later than everyone else but as long as we don't get a long, hot summer, remember them from the mid 90's you'll do fine... ;D

flossy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 27, 2009, 19:02:51 »

Ooooh , thanks saddad, will do ...phew ! ;D

floss xxx

betula · « **Reply #28 on:** February 27, 2009, 19:22:23 »

Borlotti,I agree,wait a bit longer :)

laurieuk · « **Reply #29 on:** February 28, 2009, 15:11:16 »

The weather was so good yesterday and today (Feb 28th) that I went ahead and planted my sweetpeas. I leave all the strong side growths until they have settled in and then select the best to tie in. I ordered 50 seeds but extra ones were included as two varieties had not been tested and I ended up with 63 plants. Not bad from 50 seeds ordered. ;D

Bjerreby · « **Reply #30 on:** February 28, 2009, 16:00:57 »

I sowed sweet pea Painted Lady late January in pots. After just 10 days thay had grown about 4" tall , and soon after were 8" tall with just 2 pairs of leaves. They are very, very spindly.

I am guessing I kept them too warm and there was too little light near my south facing French windows.

Does anyone think they can be saved, or should I start again?

laurieuk · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2009, 18:27:46 »

If you can keep them really cool or cold without frost and in full light they may recover. I myself would not pinch them out until they start to break on their own.

Bjerreby · « **Reply #32 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:02:06 »

Quote from: laurieuk on March 01, 2009, 18:27:46

If you can keep them really cool or cold without frost and in full light they may recover. I myself would not pinch them out until they start to break on their own.

Thank for that reply. They are now in the cold frame, where it is about 4 or 5 degrees C. I noticed yesterday that they have developed two more tiny sets of leaves BELOW the bigger ones higher up! There is hope yet maybe :)

shirlton · « **Reply #33 on:** March 02, 2009, 07:39:28 »

My sticks are up but I'm not planting until the middle of March. Thats if the weather isn't too cold. Don't want to be fleecing round the canes if a sharp frost comes. They will withstand a light frost.

laurieuk · « **Reply #34 on:** March 04, 2009, 08:45:40 »

Provided they have not been in heat and the roots are in the ground or protected the tops are completely hardy. I have some plants that have self sown where the row was last year and theyhave had no protection at all right through the winter.

laurieuk · « **Reply #35 on:** March 23, 2009, 20:01:53 »

It is now nearly a month since I planted my sweet peas so I can now start to select the stringest growth and tie them to the canes. They have come through a few hard frosts since I planted them but no damage.

Bjerreby · « **Reply #36 on:** March 24, 2009, 06:18:34 »

In my haste I sowed sweet peas in January. They went all spindly, and I thought I had lost them.

In further haste, I re-sowed about 10th March, and they look very sturdy plants.

In the meantime, the first spindly ones (I pinched off the main stem) have started to recover.

I'm telling myself that the lesson is, not to sow too early, and as soon as the seedlings appear, get them into the cold frame.

laurieuk · « **Reply #37 on:** March 24, 2009, 14:42:57 »

You must grow them cold, I sow mine 8th October so that they get a good root system but I grow them as cold as possible only sheltering in very severe weather. I tried sowing in thenew year but got very poor results in comparison.

kt. · « **Reply #38 on:** March 24, 2009, 19:45:47 »

7 weeks down the line still nothing........ So I bought 22 sweet-pea plug plants from our lottie shop at the weekend.

simon404 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 24, 2009, 21:06:55 »

I'll be sowing mine at the weekend. I tend to sow mine late and grow them fast, they'll be flowering by the end of June.

http://simonsallotment.blogspot.com/search/label/Sweet%20Peas

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