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What’s this, if not a sweet pea?

BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
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The packet was labelled sweet peas and the seed looked no different from any of the others but the growth is faster and the leaves much more spindly. I’d appreciate any opinions but no doubt I’ll grow it on just to satisfy my curiosity.







Here it is moved from the potting shed to the cold frame. It’s the one front left.



Rutland, England

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s a weed, the other one in the pot is the pea. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited March 2019
    I agree with Lyn and think it's a vetch seedling.  The mother plant was probably growing unnoticed in amongst the crop harvested for the seed.  Same family, similar looking seed.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Thanks Lyn and Bob. The vetch has now gone to meet its maker.
    Rutland, England
  • maggie.hoffgenmaggie.hoffgen Posts: 1
    On the topic of sweet peas: I followed Monty's advice last autumn and planted my seeds at that time. Now they have grown out of all proportion. What do I do with them, can't plant them out yet.
    Thanks
    Maggie
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2019
    Hi :) Sweet peas are hardy ... as they’re indoors you can start hardening them off now and plant them out in ten days or so. 

    Have you pinched them out? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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