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bcbeans

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sweetpeas
« on: August 04, 2011, 00:13:07 »
Hi,
It's been a while since I've visited the site. Can anyone give me some hints as to why my sweet peas aren't flowering.
I have them in a big pot. They're about 4 feet high, very green and leafy, but no bloomin' flowers.
Thanks, in anticipation.
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saddad

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Re: sweetpeas
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 07:47:53 »
Be happy... mine are nearly over... if they are healthy traditional varieties start flowering at about 5' so any time this next week...   :)
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macmac

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Re: sweetpeas
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 08:39:50 »
I've never grown them in pots and 'have picked dozenzs of bunches this year.
I see this morning that the ones in the garden have collapsed under the weight of the rain  :(
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Re: sweetpeas
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2011, 19:20:02 »
Mine often flower after rain becuase they are very thirsty.
So i would make sure to keep them well watered.
Fingers crossed youve got some budding after the rain today.
x sunloving
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flowerofshona2007

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Re: sweetpeas
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2011, 19:36:36 »
stress them!! do not feed them and they will produce flowers, THEN feed them :)
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bcbeans

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Re: sweetpeas
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2011, 20:45:07 »
Oh - thanks all. Stressing them is not a problem...do a lot of that with my plants. I took a measuring tape out and measured the plants. Yep - they're almost at 5', and as I look I see the beginnings of some flowers. I guess I just have to be patient. We've had an unusually tepid summer around here.
Thanks again.
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