GD - (or anyone who it may apply) As we move into summer with warmer days & nights watering becomes less critical......I would recommend a moisture meter (very cheap) for anyone who is struggling to get it right.
david, as it was so late to sow them i thought i wld start them off indoors in the loo rolls and then i can just plant them where i decide they are going (as i'm not sure yet)
Ohh, will be following this with interest. I found doe old seeds last month and just scattered them by the fence, assuming they wouldn't grow. But, alas, we have shoots. And only now am I realising they will mean a messy border there - oops!
Claire - I often don't sow seeds till May. The spring weather here is usually terrible - cold and wet - so seeds just sit there doing nothing. It's not worth starting them under cover in March or April either - for the same reason. They just stall as soon as they go out, and direct sowings a bit later catch up anyway.
On the plus side - plants are normally still flowering in October. Our seasons are later than further south. Some people sow at a couple of different times to give a longer display.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I planted mine out a couple of weeks ago and they haven't really grown much since, they still look healthy, do they usually take a while to start romping away?
I planted mine out a few weeks ago so they're a bit behind everyone elses by the looks of it! Can't wait for them to start flowering everyone's look beautiful, it my first time growing sweet peas.
Dan - I was trying my best to support the general 48hr withdrawal from posting (which I totally agree with) as a protest against the shameful treatment of 'pansyface', a very valued and respected member of this forum.....however, I feel It important to reply asp to your post.
I see a few potential problems with your sweet peas (I'm presuming they're not a dwarf variety). First of all, I guess there are about a dozen or so plants in your pot, given the pot size, they should be reduced by half, otherwise they will strangle each other and lead to mildew problems later.
Bearing in mind that have the potential to grow to 2.5m tall, they will soon outgrow their existing supports. Perhaps you may wish to attach some kind of netting to the nearby fence, growing them up that......meantime they'll need a little help to direct them to the fence.
Hello everyone. First time poster here, but I couldn't resist signing up after learning so much in previous posts and setting how kind people are. I haven't read them all, so I'm guessing this might be a question that has been asked before, but....
What is wrong with my sweetpeas? Haha, quite a broad question that, so I'll show you a picture!
I "garden" (experiment) on a small, north facing deck in Edinburgh. These sweetpeas were grown from seed last year (April) and have never flowered. There are a few buds now though, which is exciting! However, all the dead leaves.... What's with that? I cut them off fairly regularly because they are messy. ? should I just be leaving them on there? They get watered about once a week and feed every second, or so. Sometimes more water if it's hot, but, well, Edinburgh!!!
Hello, Crafty-Traveller, welcome to the forum.....what you heard is basically correct.
Your sweet peas, north facing/Edinburgh/containers, not ideal really.
Quite possibly its down to watering, but could also be some kind of mildew infection has caused this, although it's a little early in the season for that. They're also in pots and they don't like being in pots very much.
We have a poster named 'Fairygirl' who grows nice sweet peas and lives, like you north of the border.
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GD - (or anyone who it may apply) As we move into summer with warmer days & nights watering becomes less critical......I would recommend a moisture meter (very cheap) for anyone who is struggling to get it right.
david, as it was so late to sow them i thought i wld start them off indoors in the loo rolls and then i can just plant them where i decide they are going (as i'm not sure yet)
Ohh, will be following this with interest. I found doe old seeds last month and just scattered them by the fence, assuming they wouldn't grow. But, alas, we have shoots. And only now am I realising they will mean a messy border there - oops!
Claire - I often don't sow seeds till May. The spring weather here is usually terrible - cold and wet - so seeds just sit there doing nothing. It's not worth starting them under cover in March or April either - for the same reason. They just stall as soon as they go out, and direct sowings a bit later catch up anyway.
On the plus side - plants are normally still flowering in October. Our seasons are later than further south. Some people sow at a couple of different times to give a longer display.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks, Fairygirl.
I think next year I will set aside a large planter for them at the back of the garden and sow a few at different times. Or at least I'll 'want' to….
I planted mine out a couple of weeks ago and they haven't really grown much since, they still look healthy, do they usually take a while to start romping away?
I planted mine out a few weeks ago so they're a bit behind everyone elses by the looks of it! Can't wait for them to start flowering everyone's look beautiful, it my first time growing sweet peas.
Dan - I was trying my best to support the general 48hr withdrawal from posting (which I totally agree with) as a protest against the shameful treatment of 'pansyface', a very valued and respected member of this forum.....however, I feel It important to reply asp to your post.
I see a few potential problems with your sweet peas (I'm presuming they're not a dwarf variety). First of all, I guess there are about a dozen or so plants in your pot, given the pot size, they should be reduced by half, otherwise they will strangle each other and lead to mildew problems later.
Bearing in mind that have the potential to grow to 2.5m tall, they will soon outgrow their existing supports. Perhaps you may wish to attach some kind of netting to the nearby fence, growing them up that......meantime they'll need a little help to direct them to the fence.
Good luck.
Hello everyone. First time poster here, but I couldn't resist signing up after learning so much in previous posts and setting how kind people are. I haven't read them all, so I'm guessing this might be a question that has been asked before, but....
What is wrong with my sweetpeas? Haha, quite a broad question that, so I'll show you a picture!
I "garden" (experiment) on a small, north facing deck in Edinburgh. These sweetpeas were grown from seed last year (April) and have never flowered. There are a few buds now though, which is exciting! However, all the dead leaves.... What's with that? I cut them off fairly regularly because they are messy. ? should I just be leaving them on there? They get watered about once a week and feed every second, or so. Sometimes more water if it's hot, but, well, Edinburgh!!!
Hello, Crafty-Traveller, welcome to the forum.....what you heard is basically correct.
Your sweet peas, north facing/Edinburgh/containers, not ideal really.
Quite possibly its down to watering, but could also be some kind of mildew infection has caused this, although it's a little early in the season for that. They're also in pots and they don't like being in pots very much.
We have a poster named 'Fairygirl' who grows nice sweet peas and lives, like you north of the border.