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hardening off and planting out autumn-sown peas and sweetpeas

REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
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Does anyone know when I can begin the process of planting out peas and sweet peas - (They've been in an unheated greenhouse since germination.) The plants are getting quite big now and possibly a bit root bound. (Which probably defeats the point of sowing in the autumn - to have robust more disease resistant plants.) I have not done this before so not sure when they can go out. I have googled...
I assume I could harden off similarly grown broad beans right now...?
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    My Autumn sown Sweet peas, will be planted out in mid March, they are in a cold g/h.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    ok so start hardening off during the day, at least, quite soon, perhaps. (Maybe right away, as am in the south east.) I was contemplating potting them on but don't really want to if they will then be planted out soon after. Thanks very much!
     (p.s. I grew up in Bradway/Greenhill, if you know that... Spitting distance from the Derbyshire border.)
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Know it very well @REMF33, I am just outside Totley, as it goes up to the moors.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    :)
  • *Astrantia**Astrantia* Posts: 307
    I’ve just asked a similar question about my poppies! I too have some autumn down sweet peas in the same situation as you in a cold greenhouse , so I’m glad you asked the question ! I think right now is a bit tricky to know what to do as it can still be frosty with unpredictable weather! 😩
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I don't plant any of mine out until late April/early May, because it's usually pointless. They sit and sulk here. It's why I rarely bother doing autumn sowings either, as the spring ones catch up. 
    I only sow mine around mid March - the little growhouse usually, with no heat as that's also counter productive. They don't need it. That way, they're ready for going out when the conditions suit them  :)

    It very much depends where you are, and how well grown the plants are.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Big difference between the South East and arctic Scotland  :)
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I didn't know where the OP lived. The south east will certainly be very different, but I like to make sure people are aware of differences, hence my last sentence  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    REM33,we all now want to know where you live?
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited February 2022
    REM33 has said he is in the South East. I am in the same situation, growing Autumn sown sweet peas for the first time. To avoid the plants getting root bound, ten days ago I  potted them on into deep 1 litre pots (sourced from Elixir Gardens on eBay) and in a couple of weeks’ time I will move them from the unheated  greenhouse to the cold frame, if they’ll fit, or a sheltered area if not. I anticipate planting them out in a raised bed at the end of March.




    Rutland, England
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