Whoop I have seedlings- roughly a 50% germination rate at the moment, with one variety noticeably fewer. Slug traps deployed and support strings in place.
The ones I grew indoors and planted out are doing great now, have lost a couple but on the whole they are growing really well.
However, the ones I have sown direct are only just peeping through and I don't think they will all germinate Will they catch up, they seem so tiny I can't ever imagine them being big??
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My sweet peas are, at last, starting to grow.
Regarding the hot climate question…. didn't I read somewhere that they are native to Sicily?
True...discovered by a Sicilian monk, but the average temperatures are similar to here in the UK.
mine lookj like all survived early slug onslaught, just tied loosely in, all about 5 ins tall, just waiting now...
The average temperature in Sicily in Jan and Feb is 13° and July and Aug is 29°, so perhaps they grow earlier in the year.
The ones I grew indoors and planted out are doing great now, have lost a couple but on the whole they are growing really well.
However, the ones I have sown direct are only just peeping through and I don't think they will all germinate
Will they catch up, they seem so tiny I can't ever imagine them being big??
They should be fine...will just flower a little later, that's not so bad as they'll probably keep flowering well into the autumn.
Thank you
My first SP flower buds are showing and I've been asked if I would like my name to be registered for a sweet pea to be named after me....I'm honoured.