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laurieuk

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Re: sweet pea sowing
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2017, 09:20:09 »
I have never used a greenhouse for my autumn sown sweet peas I think they want growing as hard as you can during the winter. If the weather gets very severe I protect with a but of fleece or some other way for a short time..


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Re: sweet pea sowing
« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2017, 11:28:02 »
Laurie, do you put your sweetpea seedlings in your greenhouse or outside.?
TeeGee yes you have my sympathy about the slugs. I now leave the light on and they don't come in. Weird.

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Re: sweet pea sowing
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2017, 23:12:57 »
I read the advice here and took all the sweet peas that had just germinated out of my greenhouse and put them on a table outside.

Checked on them today - and squirrels have massacred the lot.  Pots turned upside down, all the peas chomped and the little green growth lying in the compost.  :BangHead:

I'm doing mine IN the greenhouse from now on!

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Re: sweet pea sowing
« Reply #23 on: November 18, 2017, 10:45:18 »
Hi Squeezyjhon, Very sorry to hear of your problem, mine are all outside at the moment as I have no greenhouse but are standing on top of a frame in case of serve weather. I had more trouble inside when I had a greenhouse than outside. but then mice will get anywhere. I guess this also answers Worldor query as mine are outside but within  protection area.

 

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