SWEET PEAS
By sheil15
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IVE SOWN SOME SWEET PEAS FOLLOWING MONTY DON’S THEORY THAT SOWN IN NOV; THEY WERE STRONGER AND FLOWER EARLY, THEY ARE DOING FINE BUT GETING LEGGY IVE NEVER SOWN SEEDS BEFORE SHOULD I PINCH THEM OUT TO MAKE THEM MORE BUSHY OR NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE CLIMBERS I THOUGHT IF I PINCH THEM OUT IT WOULD STOP THEM CLIMBING. I PROBABLY SOUND LIKE A RIGHT PLONKER BUT I,M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE, BYE
21 Nov, 2012
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I always used to leave them until spring time, when I made autumn sewings of Sweet Peas.
Then nip the tops in about Feb/March. This will make them produce lots of side shoots, and give you loads of flowers :o)
Good Luck !
Don't worry about them not climbing. The side shoots won't have any difficulty doing it :o)
21 Nov, 2012
Don't pinch out until mid February at the earliest.
Grow them over winter as cold as possible. A cold frame is ideal, left open at all times unless the temperature gets down to about -5' c when you close it up.
That will stop them getting to leggy.
If temperatures lower than -5 are predicted for long periods I bring mine into the greenhouse.
21 Nov, 2012
THANKS EVERSO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR ADVICE i DONT HAVE A GREENHOUSE BUT HAVE GOT THEM IN THE GARAGE UNDER A WINDOW ITS VERY COLD IN THERE SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE OK I WILL LEAVE THEM TILL SPRING (FEB/MARCH) I OPEN THE DOOR EVERDAY AND AT THE MOMENT THEY SEEM FINE THANKYOU ALL AGAIN :)-
24 Nov, 2012
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