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Title: cut flowers off sweet pea
Post by: jokey on June 17, 2011, 21:23:07

hi all
can anyone tell me how and where i cut of the flowers on my sweetpeas, we have tried and get a miserable short, tiny vase of flowers

thanks

jo

Title: Re: cut flowers off sweet pea
Post by: sunloving on June 18, 2011, 19:06:31

Well it depends is the short answer, the more nurients and water the sweet peas have the longer the stems are likley to be. Cupanii and matucana have short stems anyway and the older the plant the shorter the stems are to in general.
Just cut of the flower stem where it meets the main stem.

But why worry , i have a set of stainless steel milk jugs that are perfect for the shorter stems you can get any number of jugs at the carboot sale that are perfect for them.
Good luck
x sunloving

Title: Re: cut flowers off sweet pea
Post by: jokey on June 18, 2011, 20:46:38

thanks sunloving

think that what was confusing me as the stems are quite short

thanks

jo

Title: Re: cut flowers off sweet pea
Post by: caroline7758 on June 19, 2011, 07:08:26

I was amazed at the length of the stems on annual sweet peas when I first grew them, as my perennial sweet peas have quite short stems. As sunloving says, just use smaller vases! :)

Title: Re: cut flowers off sweet pea
Post by: antsinmipants on June 19, 2011, 20:22:42

I grow sweet peas every year as my wife loves the scent.....beats anything in an aerosol thats for sure! Usually the stems on mine are about a foot long...dont know if that is good, bad or indifferent,but I do know they bring a smile to my wife's face so that will do for me :D

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