Janine - good luck, mine will be grown using the 'forcing method' too. Might work?
trishar - it sounds like your sweet peas are suffering due to lack of light. Are they in a well-lit spot? If you pinch out the tips of the plants they should recover. Re your night scented stock, I wouldn't bother staking them. You should plant them out after all risk of frost has passed. Depending on where you live that could be between now and mid-May. You'll nee to harden them off too. Put them outside during the day, then take them in at night. Do this for a week before planting them out, and they should be fine.
Hi Kate, I m just about to put my sunflowers in pots and some in the garden, i have never grown them before but they are looking good and healthy,15 ins tall now, i am having a race with my brother to see who grows the tallest, and biggest head, CAN I FEED MY SUNFLOWERS WITH CHICKEN PELLETS TO HAVE WHOPPING SUNFLOWERS,OR COULD U SUGEST A ANY GOOD FEEDER BESIDES MIRICLE GROW OR PELLETTS.
trishar - chicken pellets are a good choice as they're rich in nitrogen so will aid growth. Miracle grow is more of a balanced fertiliser and will encourage flower growth as well. You don't want it to flower - not for ages, as this will reduce its overall height.
My Triffids (Sunflowers) are being eaten by something at the base of their stems. Only crawly things I have seen are ants. Anyone any ideas? These have had more attention than my car in the last few months (oh what you do for a child, here we'll plant a few seeds.... ). No I have never grown anything before. I have 12 still standing from 21 seeds. Some about 6ft and one about to go to the compost heap in the sky tomorrow as its stem has been eaten to about 1 cm
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Janine - good luck, mine will be grown using the 'forcing method' too. Might work?
trishar - it sounds like your sweet peas are suffering due to lack of light. Are they in a well-lit spot? If you pinch out the tips of the plants they should recover. Re your night scented stock, I wouldn't bother staking them. You should plant them out after all risk of frost has passed. Depending on where you live that could be between now and mid-May. You'll nee to harden them off too. Put them outside during the day, then take them in at night. Do this for a week before planting them out, and they should be fine.
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