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Growing Sweet Peas

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  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    Sweet pea, love the little toadstool and snail image

  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951
    I have sown my first sweet peas today, gwendoline and Cathy. I expected more seeds in the packets, 16 & 21. The plan was to sow some outside and the rest in the GH. I now need to get more packets for the indoor ones! Fingers crossed they will turn out ok.
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  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    Here is a pic, it's going dark now so not the best, but just to give you an idea.

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  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    I haven't put anything down to stop slugs Scroggin, it is only a couple and it just seemed to 'small' for slugs, unless of course they had a taste and decided they weren't up to scratch so left the rest!!! 

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  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    Thanks Scroggin, I'll sort that tomorrow, I've got egg shells and coffee.  It's going to be really cold tonight so hopefully they'll be ok for tonight.  I've never seen holes that tiny from slugs, usually they just destroy the whole leaf.  Thanks again image

  • SweetPea93SweetPea93 Posts: 446

    @Tracey, the snail and toadstool, as well as the pots were from B&M all 99p each. I gather they aren't to everyone's taste, but I think they brighten things up a little, at least until I hopefully get some blooms! I highly recommend them for pots, planters, decorations and even plants, my Violas were a bargain, I believe I got 15 for £2. They aren't spectacular to viola fans I'm sure, mainly purple and blue, but I love them!

  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    Thanks Sweetpea image Being a newbie too I tend to go for cheaper plants that I like, I have had some real bargains from Aldi and Lidl but admit to not having had anything from B&M yet. I might have to get a little toadstool image

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