I promise I won't bore you all with endless pics but just wanted to share my delight at seeing some seedlings appear on the sweet peas I sowed last Saturday, my first time ever sowing anything, I covered them with some old plastic record sleeves..can I now leave the sleeves off?
I've never covered sweet peas after sowing. If I do them at this time of year, they go in a cold frame -opened- to germinate, or the growhouse, again opened, so that they germinate slowly. I certainly wouldn't keep any plastic covers on those, as it will just encourage them to be soft and leggy
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I promise I won't bore you all with endless pics but just wanted to share my delight at seeing some seedlings appear on the sweet peas I sowed last Saturday, my first time ever sowing anything, I covered them with some old plastic record sleeves..can I now leave the sleeves off?
Congrats.:D It's not boring at all. It's exciting! Idon't cover mine at this stage (probably should but too lazy).
I sowed mine on Thursday. To the varieties above, I added some Singing The Blues sweet pea seeds.
Hello all, how are your seeds doing if you have sown ? Mine are growing a bit which is exciting, I put them outside after they germinated, just in a makeshift coldframe and only covering them at night. Not sure of the timescale and what should be happening when but I'm happy to see signs of life at least!
2 to 3 weeks is ideal for germination. I have some dark ones which are germinated. They took exactly 2 weeks. I use my mini greenhouse with the lid opened which is fine for them. We have gale force winds in the high 40s coming tonight as well as heavy rain- that's exactly what they don't like. I also have some perspex tables which I use for a cold frame. Those are in that just now, and the others are in the greenhouse which will be slightly warmer for germinating. They don't need high temps to germinate either, so again, if you're in warmer area than I am, you can germinate outside without much problem at this time of year, and just protect from the rough stuff once they're showing. That gives much stronger plants.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's rained a lot here too @Fairygirl , like you I'm using perspex to keep rain off though I was caught out a few times as it rained a lot on a few days while I was at work and they were uncovered. Mine have some very small leaves and the stems look long to me (I don't know what's normal but hope they are ok) though I have kept them outside as I took the good advice from yourselves about not having them under cover. Hope those winds pass quickly up there for you Fairygirl.
All mine have germinated (three per container, not a single failure I don't think). Lovely sea of green. They're outside in a makeshift plastic box coldframe, but it has been quite warm recently so they may be shooting up too much- haven't had time to examine them too closely tbh. I'll do another sowing in January anyway (loads of seeds left) so it doesn't matter particularly if these ones do get too leggy.
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I certainly wouldn't keep any plastic covers on those, as it will just encourage them to be soft and leggy
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I sowed mine on Thursday. To the varieties above, I added some Singing The Blues sweet pea seeds.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have some dark ones which are germinated. They took exactly 2 weeks.
I use my mini greenhouse with the lid opened which is fine for them. We have gale force winds in the high 40s coming tonight as well as heavy rain- that's exactly what they don't like. I also have some perspex tables which I use for a cold frame. Those are in that just now, and the others are in the greenhouse which will be slightly warmer for germinating.
They don't need high temps to germinate either, so again, if you're in warmer area than I am, you can germinate outside without much problem at this time of year, and just protect from the rough stuff once they're showing. That gives much stronger plants.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hope those winds pass quickly up there for you Fairygirl.