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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: jokey on June 28, 2010, 10:40:33

Title: sweetpea
Post by: jokey on June 28, 2010, 10:40:33
Hi all

this is my first time growing sweetpeas, i am meant to cut flowers to encourage more.  so i have only 8 plants growing up cane and have 3 or 4 flowers opening.  sorrry to be thick but when and how am i meant to start cutting them ???

cheers jo
Title: Re: sweetpea
Post by: simon404 on June 29, 2010, 21:11:47
Just cut them as soon as one or two flowers on a stem are opening
Title: Re: sweetpea
Post by: shirlton on June 30, 2010, 08:31:41
If they are for a nice garden show then cut them when all of the flowers  on the stem have faded befpore the seed pods fill up. If for a vase the cut just before the top flower has fully opened.