Louise - I reckon every couple of days, but I guess it depends how many slugs you’ve attracted. It doesn’t take long before it starts to pong and the whole things becomes quite revolting!
I'm a complete newbie with sweet peas ( I have had some experience in my own garden with hardy shrubs) but I'd like to try grow and display sp at my wedding, 30th May next year. I have read that I need to plant seeds in autumn and keep cold until spring in order to get flowers in May, but would be grateful for any other advice anyone can give me. I think I might grow some spring plants this year as a trial (I appreciate that they will flower much later in the summer).
Hi, linzy...helping someone to grow sweet peas for a late spring wedding is something I've done (successfully) before on another forum and feel very proud of the outcome.....this involved wall to wall SPs i.e. church decoration, bouquets, reception hall...the lot.
At this stage I would just suggest looking at the catalogues of sweet pea specialist growers to see colour options.... picotee varieties would be my recommendation.
Thanks David for the very quick response, I have been going back through this thread to see the advice you have given others, and noticed a comment you had made re a wedding you assisted with. I truly hope I can use your knowledge and my inherited green fingers (from my late mum- my 'homegrown' flowers will be a tribute to her all being well!) to produce some beautiful displays.
Could you point me in the direction of the other forum you mentioned?
I certainly will have a look - I see 'eagles' are your supplier of choice. Do they supply to the public?
drowning plenty of slugs, only 1 seedling nibbled but recovering soi far, planted rest out now, fingers crossed, most getting more leaves so will pinch out shoots in next few days, really hope i get as many flowers as last year, 1 thing, at the end of august last year all my sweet peas got totally covered in greenfly, i ended up chopping them down it was so bad, david, how can i stop this?
ps what's cheapest beer/lager anyone found for murderous purposes!!
Louise, perhaps I'm lucky, but the landlord from my local will give me as much beer as I need for the purpose. This is what they call 'slops'...when they tap a new barrel, they usually draw-off a couple of pints as wastage.
Other than that. just go for the low alcohol cheapos from your local supermarket.
Linzy - would be more than happy to help at the appropriate time.
I was fortunate inasmuch as the person I helped had, like you, gardening experience and was prepared to follow my suggestions to the letter......however she was tempted to pamper them at times.
Btw, you must have been very patient to have scrolled back to where I mentioned 'wedding sweet peas'....although I remember posting it, it seems way-back.
PS. The other forum was 'The Archers' messageboard, unfortunately it is now closed, alongside nearly all of them run by the Beeb. Having said that, I could let you have the email address of the lady in question if you contact me via a PM.
Edit: Yes, Eagle SPs are available to the public, but not the nursery itself.
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Louise - I reckon every couple of days, but I guess it depends how many slugs you’ve attracted. It doesn’t take long before it starts to pong and the whole things becomes quite revolting!
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I'm a complete newbie with sweet peas ( I have had some experience in my own garden with hardy shrubs) but I'd like to try grow and display sp at my wedding, 30th May next year. I have read that I need to plant seeds in autumn and keep cold until spring in order to get flowers in May, but would be grateful for any other advice anyone can give me. I think I might grow some spring plants this year as a trial (I appreciate that they will flower much later in the summer).
Thanks in advance
Hi, linzy...helping someone to grow sweet peas for a late spring wedding is something I've done (successfully) before on another forum and feel very proud of the outcome.....this involved wall to wall SPs i.e. church decoration, bouquets, reception hall...the lot.
At this stage I would just suggest looking at the catalogues of sweet pea specialist growers to see colour options.... picotee varieties would be my recommendation.
Could you point me in the direction of the other forum you mentioned?
I certainly will have a look - I see 'eagles' are your supplier of choice. Do they supply to the public?
Thanks
drowning plenty of slugs, only 1 seedling nibbled but recovering soi far, planted rest out now, fingers crossed, most getting more leaves so will pinch out shoots in next few days, really hope i get as many flowers as last year, 1 thing, at the end of august last year all my sweet peas got totally covered in greenfly, i ended up chopping them down it was so bad, david, how can i stop this?
ps what's cheapest beer/lager anyone found for murderous purposes!!
Aldi do a really cheap one Rosemummy that apparently isn't very nice, might be worth a try
Louise, perhaps I'm lucky, but the landlord from my local will give me as much beer as I need for the purpose. This is what they call 'slops'...when they tap a new barrel, they usually draw-off a couple of pints as wastage.
Other than that. just go for the low alcohol cheapos from your local supermarket.
A SP table arrangement.
Linzy - would be more than happy to help at the appropriate time.
I was fortunate inasmuch as the person I helped had, like you, gardening experience and was prepared to follow my suggestions to the letter......however she was tempted to pamper them at times.
Btw, you must have been very patient to have scrolled back to where I mentioned 'wedding sweet peas'....although I remember posting it, it seems way-back.
PS. The other forum was 'The Archers' messageboard, unfortunately it is now closed, alongside nearly all of them run by the Beeb. Having said that, I could let you have the email address of the lady in question if you contact me via a PM.
Edit: Yes, Eagle SPs are available to the public, but not the nursery itself.
www.eaglesweetpeas.co.uk/index.php