Hi David, My sweet peas have sprouted! Its 10c in the garage .I moved them under grow lights, how long should I keep them inside ,they have no leaves yet. It is cold here and would like to know what temp it should be to put them in a cold frame. thanks Debra
Hi, Debs.....it's rather important not to subject them to too much artificial heat & light at this stage and I would suggest you put them into your coldframe now.
You say 'It is cold here', what kind of night time temps are we talking?
thank you soooooooo much . will let you know how it goes. I ordered 2 more sweet peas varieties yesterday prince of orange and black knight can not wait to see how lovely they will be. Wishful thinking. Ta deb
I have always sown two seeds to a cell (like you have in your photos) - if they both germinate should I pull one out, or are they ok to grow as a pair that close ? I use old loo rolls and plant the whole thing out in the garden come April/May.
Hi, Chicky.....I plant the whole rootball complete with the two plants. That's for just for cut flowers, if they were for showing, that would be a different matter.
David i noticed you said to plant them out in a few weeks time. What sort of date do you normally put them out I live in the north east and was thinking end of april.
First of all we must remember that they are very hardy, so cold weather isn't going to bother them if they have been raised in a clodframe or similar. But of course it would be sensible to let them get established before the onset of any cold-snap......so choose an open spell of weather.
I will mention here, that although I've never lost SPs through frost, I have in cold biting winds....and as it happens, that's just what we're getting locally at the mo.
Posts
Hi David, My sweet peas have sprouted! Its 10c in the garage .I moved them under grow lights, how long should I keep them inside ,they have no leaves yet. It is cold here and would like to know what temp it should be to put them in a cold frame. thanks Debra
Hi, Debs.....it's rather important not to subject them to too much artificial heat & light at this stage and I would suggest you put them into your coldframe now.
You say 'It is cold here', what kind of night time temps are we talking?
Hi David The temps at night are approx -1 and daytime approx 5 Thanks Deb
They'll be quite happy with that, Debs.
thank you soooooooo much . will let you know how it goes. I ordered 2 more sweet peas varieties yesterday prince of orange and black knight can not wait to see how lovely they will be. Wishful thinking. Ta deb
Hi David,
I have always sown two seeds to a cell (like you have in your photos) - if they both germinate should I pull one out, or are they ok to grow as a pair that close ? I use old loo rolls and plant the whole thing out in the garden come April/May.
Thanks
Hi, Chicky.....I plant the whole rootball complete with the two plants. That's for just for cut flowers, if they were for showing, that would be a different matter.
Perfect - cut flowers will do me fine ! Many thanks for responding
David i noticed you said to plant them out in a few weeks time. What sort of date do you normally put them out I live in the north east and was thinking end of april.
Good question, cairnsie.
First of all we must remember that they are very hardy, so cold weather isn't going to bother them if they have been raised in a clodframe or similar. But of course it would be sensible to let them get established before the onset of any cold-snap......so choose an open spell of weather.
I will mention here, that although I've never lost SPs through frost, I have in cold biting winds....and as it happens, that's just what we're getting locally at the mo.
So I would suggest keeping an eye on the weather.