Sad Sweetpeas

loudarbyshireaWQg8xGQ · May 2021

Hi all
My home sown sweetpeas didnt get enough light and were leggy and weak so I bought some online. The plants have come but look rather sad. Pics attached. My xamera phone makes them look much greener than they are. They are very pale and yellow.
Are they alive?? Will they be ok??
Thanks in advance

Fairygirl · May 2021

They were clearly very congested in the pots they were in, and should have been moved on sooner.
As long as they have sufficient food and water, they should revive. They're extremely greedy plants.

For future growing of your own - don't sow too early. If you sow in March/April, depending on your climate and location, they'll germinate perfectly well with minimum protection, and you'll avoid that problem you had. Ideally, they should take 2 or 3 weeks, so having them too hot and over coddled isn't doing them any favours. You can sow in autumn, but they need protection over winter for that. In colder, wetter locations, it's rarely worth it, and a spring sowing saves a lot of bother.

loudarbyshireaWQg8xGQ · May 2021

Thanks Fairygirl.
I definitely sowed seeds to soon. Tried anfew i had spare a few weeks ago and they are doing great.
Definitely no lack of water in london at the moment! When should i feed them?

Fairygirl · May 2021

It usually isn't necessary until they're flowering, assuming they're in a very good growing medium. Ideally, a layer of manure, or at least some good hearty soil, mixed with good compost will keep them going until then. Tomato food is excellent once they start flowering.

Just make sure they're not short of water. It's easy to think they're getting plenty when it rains, but once foliage starts growing, it sheds the water off, and they consume large amounts. I live in one of the wettest parts of the UK, and I still have to water them in pots in summer

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