I,ve not done that. But I was told once they flower, the more you pick, the more they,ll keep flowering, but not sure it's correct. Seemed to work for me.

I'd heard that too Lindalooloo. I'm growing them for the first time this year but they're not producing flower buds yet.

Yes I have been told to keep picking the flowers so the plant produces more flowers instead of going to seed, but still unsure about removing the tendrils.

I've never heard that one before and never removed the tendrils so I have no idea if that's true, and I don't think I'll be the guinea pig testing it out either! All I ever do is regularly deadhead to encourage more flowers, seems to work for me. No buds as yet this year, but boy are they shooting up quick this week :)

as th plant uses the tendrils to 'climb' it seems counter productive to me. certainly regular picking/dead heading prolongs flowering.

One reason i think is that the tendrills tend to wrap themselves around the flower stalks and therefore bend them over. Not good if you are wanting long straight stems to pick.

I pick the flowers or dead head every evening to get more and I do cut off most of the tendrils as I find they can strangle flowers distort and generally get in the way.

I have sucess with sweet peas but when sowing them in Spring I tended to sow too many and later when in the ground and growing apace the tendrils do spoil the display by holding flower stems,but they are needed for the plants to climb.What I now do is grow fewer in a cane support and you can cut the troublesome ones easier.I have some sown in reserve just in case there is a setback.If ok then i grow the reseve plants in a large pot. Feed regularly when in flower and as pointed out cut flowers regularly. Good Luck

Hi, I think this was answered on question 25116