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Planting out Sweet Peas
NGLittleSeedlings
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My Autumn Sweet Peas ave got rather tall in my GH (well over 30cm even after pinching them out a few times) so I am thinking it is time to plant them out. However I was wondering if anyone has done so yet seeing it is only early April?
Would you recommend covering them with fleece if it gets cold or would they be okay left as they are?
I've lifted them out to start hardening off today and was thinking of planting them out this weekend.
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They're hardy NG so they'll be fine. If you've only just started hardening them off I'd give them a bit longer as they've been in a greenhouse a long time.They don't appreciate being blasted by cold wind when they're small, so if you can shelter them from that for a week or so till they get going that's all you'd need to do. Yours are a bit bigger anyway though. I've often put sweet peas out in April after sowing indoors in Feb/March - I'm in Scotland and it can be pretty cold and windy here in April!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Plants are really coming on now. Another few weeks and all the ferns will start showing too which will really finish it all off.
I agree I should harden them off a bit more, I meant to start doing it on Monday but kept forgetting to put them outside before work lol I don't have a cold frame but it's next on my wish list (I just built a raised bed for veggies at weekend lol) however my GH is unheated.
Thanks for your replies everyone ????
Sorry I posted the above in the complete wrong thread
Haven't quite woken up yet.
I sowed my sweet pea seeds indoors just a week ago; I think I'm a bit late with mine though! I'll keep you updated as of when they start popping up! How are yours looking? Any pictures NGCARDS??
I shall upload a photo of them in the morning when it's light enough
My spring sown ones are a lot smaller than the autumn sown ones which is to be expected.
Yeah, definitely post up a pic
Glad I looked on here, as I too was wondering about whether it was too early to harden off my sweet peas. I have some perennial sweet peas that are new to me - they came from a sheltered garden centre, so I have them outside but sheltered and they seem fine in their pot at present.