ah ok to be honest i usually do it to them on path that's where i seem to find them , and only if i have time to run inside and grab the salt,to be honest i probably only murdered 4or5 last year!
Quicker to stamp on them! I'm afraid I used slug pellets when I planted out my sweet peas. Too precious to risk. The birds don't like them when dead from slug pellets and don't have a hedgehog in the veggie garden.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
what to do? have prepared 1 site, halfway to other -had to dig up large clump of crocosmia- itching to plant out, plastic bottle bottoms ready... v cold frosts forecast.. david shall i leave tops on boxes up a couple of nights before planting in beds?
No matter how many times I say it, I can't seem to get the message through.
Sweet peas are extremely hardy and will not be affected by frosts....of course, if they have been made tender by over-coddling, then they may need hardening-off prior to being planted out.
Louise, don't put the tops on your boxes unless you have already been doing this recently.
Not often I agree with Monty Don, but he was spot on when sowing his SP seed the other week i.e. sow the seed in pots, bung em in the cold-frame, then leave em there until planting-out time.....job done!
sorry david we're all scared of frost ! funnily enough heather, i planted blue velvet, painted lady, spencer mix, albutt blue and incense mix, only 3 incense mix have germinated
Heather - SP seed normally takes 7 to 21 days to germinate, some may take a few days longer. After this time (unless there other seedlings in the pot) take a pencil or something similar and have a little probe into the compost to see if anymore are sprouting below the surface....careful not to break-off any tiny shoots.
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ah ok to be honest i usually do it to them on path that's where i seem to find them , and only if i have time to run inside and grab the salt,to be honest i probably only murdered 4or5 last year!
Quicker to stamp on them! I'm afraid I used slug pellets when I planted out my sweet peas. Too precious to risk. The birds don't like them when dead from slug pellets and don't have a hedgehog in the veggie garden.
Uurrrghhhh Lizzie, stamp on them?? The noise/squelch would make me sick, but good for weight loss LOL
what to do? have prepared 1 site, halfway to other -had to dig up large clump of crocosmia- itching to plant out, plastic bottle bottoms ready... v cold frosts forecast.. david shall i leave tops on boxes up a couple of nights before planting in beds?
No matter how many times I say it, I can't seem to get the message through.
Sweet peas are extremely hardy and will not be affected by frosts....of course, if they have been made tender by over-coddling, then they may need hardening-off prior to being planted out.
Louise, don't put the tops on your boxes unless you have already been doing this recently.
Not often I agree with Monty Don, but he was spot on when sowing his SP seed the other week i.e. sow the seed in pots, bung em in the cold-frame, then leave em there until planting-out time.....job done!
I have sown a few different sweet peas.
sir jimmy shand,
castle of mey,
flying the flag
and some seeds I collected from last year.
Not all have germinated. I mostly put three seeds to a pot. But I'm happy with what's there apart from one variety.
Flying the Flag has germinated. They were all bought at the same time and stored the same way and sowed at the same time.
I'm a novice at this gardening game. Is there still time for the seed to germinate?
sorry david we're all scared of frost ! funnily enough heather, i planted blue velvet, painted lady, spencer mix, albutt blue and incense mix, only 3 incense mix have germinated
Heather - SP seed normally takes 7 to 21 days to germinate, some may take a few days longer. After this time (unless there other seedlings in the pot) take a pencil or something similar and have a little probe into the compost to see if anymore are sprouting below the surface....careful not to break-off any tiny shoots.
Thanks David, I will do that in the morning.