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Sweetpeas
Fifs
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Help! My sweetpeas which were growing well and producing an abundance of beautiful flowers seem to be deteriorating fast. Some have died off completely and others are yellowing and producing droopy flowers with shorter stems than before. We live in a drier part of the country but have tried to water and feed them regularly. Any ideas what the problem might be? I was hoping for a steady supply of flowers throughout the summer!
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Are you dead heading regularly? If you let them form pods, the plant will start to die.
Yes, we've been trying to do that every evening! It's strange as a couple of my runner bean plants which were planted next to the sweet peas have also died although they were infested with blackfly. Haven't noticed any pests on the sweet peas though.
They both sound thirsty to me - I'm putting the sprinkler on my runner beans for an hour every other evening - I've done the same for sweet peas other years (didn't grow any this year).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, maybe that's the case! it has been very dry in our neck of the woods.
My mum has a few in a large (15 litre?) pot on a sunny (SW-facing) balcony. They started off fine and are producing flowers (although with shortish stems) but have recently developed whitish patches on the leaves and aren't looking happy at all. She claims they're being fed and watered regularly. Any ideas?
Hi Fifs,I have a south facing garden and always grow something in front of them to shield the base of sweet peas as they do dry out very quickly ?
White bits are fairly normal Steve - if it's a hot, dry and windy site, they dry out very quickly in pots - even big ones. If your mum can give them a bit of shade during the middle of the day it might help. A pot that size will dry out quickly.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...