Sweet pea seedlings

[kt.]

I sowed my sweet-peas 6 weeks ago in my house on a windowsill.  They are now about 7-8" tall and beginning to lean over.  Would they be ok in an unheated greenhouse to slow them down a bit until warmer weather when they could be planted out?  if they stay indoors and grow much more, they are starting to tangle amongst each other.

[kt.]

[Doris_Pinks]

KT as soon as mine appear they are chucked out into my unheated greenhouse, tops pinched out, and left to fend for themselves, with this cold snap, I might be tempted to fleece them at night after being in the nice warmth. They really are hardy beasts though 

[saddad]

We have ours in a cold greenhouse.. they are doing fine 

[caroline7758]

Mine are doing nothing in my cold greenhouse. :(

[green lily]

Mine are in covered bowl in the kitchen in wet kitchen roll. Its old seed and I didn't know whether it was still viable. 2 or 3 rotted. 2or 3 have roots so tomorrows job is to dig out any spare toilet roll tubes and start planting. ..Then they'll be off to the spare bedroom or conservatory until I can see their shoots..

[Aden Roller]

Mine are in covered bowl in the kitchen in wet kitchen roll. Its old seed and I didn't know whether it was still viable. 2 or 3 rotted. 2or 3 have roots so tomorrows job is to dig out any spare toilet roll tubes and start planting. ..Then they'll be off to the spare bedroom or conservatory until I can see their shoots..

Pleased to hear I'm not the only one still to plant sweet peas. With cold weather here again I don't think we're really too far behind.

Once they are up cool them down... but don't shock them too much. Out into a cold greenhouse by day perhaps and in again at night until they get the hang of the big wild world for a week or so. Then - plonk out when it's warmer.

Hardly things usually once they start growing.

[winecap]

Mine have been in the unheated greenhouse since October. A slug "pinched" the tops out a couple of months back and now they look great. Ready for planting out when spring comes.

[Aden Roller]

Mine have been in the unheated greenhouse since October. A slug "pinched" the tops out a couple of months back and now they look great. Ready for planting out when spring comes.

Last year that's when I sowed mine - had some brilliant results - the warmer March helped to get them off to an early start in the ground.

[campanula]

I have already put some in the ground and the rest are sitting around the garden in 5inch pots.
They are hardy and tough but put them outside and bring them in at night for a few days, then leave them in the greenhouse overnight. Definitely get them out of the house though.

Truth compels me to state that the ones on my plot look slightly unhappy (had to give them heaps of twiggy support)....but they will be OK.

[Aden Roller]

Mine have soaked over-night and are gently sitting in a warm electric propagator where they will stay until the first sign of a shot appears.

Saved seed will go into deep cells in the cold-frame outside and take their chances.

[sunflower]

Didnt know you had to pinch out the tops of sweet pea seedlings. does this make a difference?

[MervF]

When the seedlings have four pairs of leaves, pinch the top out and they will bush out and give you a lot more bushier plant and more blooms, otherwise you will just get one long stem.

[Aden Roller]

When the seedlings have four pairs of leaves, pinch the top out and they will bush out and give you a lot more bushier plant and more blooms, otherwise you will just get one long stem.

I still haven't pinched mine out. Some of the poor little devils were only planted out a week or two ago and I still have a tray full waiting.

Pinching out is something I will do when the weather warms up a bit and stays warm - I'd hate to put them off growing altogether.

How are yours doing?