David - my plants are reviving - the centres are now a lovely green colour (new growth) but the outer purple/grey leaves are gradually dying so I am taking them off the plant - I am quite confident that in a few weeks time the new growth will have built up enough so that the plants will look quite normal again. Thank you for your suggestions, much appreciated.
Pugslovesun - I can well imagine that winds in the Penines can be a challenge. Having said that, in most cases these cold winds only represent a problem while young plants are becoming established outside.....once established they should be fine in most areas.
GD - I wonder if you read my last message on the subject.....but pleased to hear your plants seem to be recovering.
Hi David, yes I did read your suggestion via Eagle Sweet Peas regarding my (plants) windburn problems - & as above I am pleased to say that they are reviving of their own accord - isn't nature wonderful, but with a huge thanks for passing on your expertise. It seems that we are all having to put up with "more" weather than ever before - gardening is certainly a challenge - I think we all deserve a gardening award for the amount of knowledge that is necessary to bring new & healthy plants into the world!
Thank you Kitty There are some beautiful sweet peas on here and i hope and pray that my little plants survive and one day look as good as yours flumpy.
What stage is everyone at with their sweat peas? My sugar & spice are developing very slowly - I had to buy a second packet of seeds as only 6 or 7 germinated (I think a slug may be partly responsible for that). I have another low type of sw.p sown and all the seedlings are going to be in pots rather than in open soil.
Hi, Shirley Can I say, I hate it when things go wrong, but as the guys have said don't give up....it's all a learning curve. Having said that, I would be letting you down if I said things were looking good.
Where do I start? As the guy's have already said yours look soft/tender and are probably being affected by cold (a common problem with garden centre plants) motto for the future 'grow your own from seed'......nothing special required, just sow the seed in situ about this time of year.
From what I can see, It would seem to me that just one pot would have been sufficient, as there seems to be several individual plants at each cane......so somehow you'll need to get rid of some, leaving just a couple of plants at each cane. Another problem is that inasmuch as sweet peas are very deep-rooted, your container is too shallow.
Sweet peas are climbing plants, so require a structure to enable them to climb, rather than a single cane. As I don't know what variety they are, perhaps you may be able to see the eventual height from the label information.
I sure there will be further questions, which I'll be happy to answer if I can.
That's good to know David K - I think I expected sweet peas to be faster growing - I have sown cosmos that seem to germinate & grow very quickly - lettuce too, & then there are the slower seeds which take a little longer. The sugar & spice are slower than the other sweat pea seeds that I have sown (& I can't remember the name of them - oh dear)
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David - my plants are reviving - the centres are now a lovely green colour (new growth) but the outer purple/grey leaves are gradually dying so I am taking them off the plant - I am quite confident that in a few weeks time the new growth will have built up enough so that the plants will look quite normal again. Thank you for your suggestions, much appreciated.
Pugslovesun - I can well imagine that winds in the Penines can be a challenge. Having said that, in most cases these cold winds only represent a problem while young plants are becoming established outside.....once established they should be fine in most areas.
GD - I wonder if you read my last message on the subject.....but pleased to hear your plants seem to be recovering.
Hi David, yes I did read your suggestion via Eagle Sweet Peas regarding my (plants) windburn problems - & as above I am pleased to say that they are reviving of their own accord - isn't nature wonderful, but with a huge thanks for passing on your expertise. It seems that we are all having to put up with "more" weather than ever before - gardening is certainly a challenge - I think we all deserve a gardening award for the amount of knowledge that is necessary to bring new & healthy plants into the world!
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Thank you Kitty
There are some beautiful sweet peas on here and i hope and pray that my little plants survive and one day look as good as yours flumpy.
David those baskets are amazing.
What stage is everyone at with their sweat peas? My sugar & spice are developing very slowly - I had to buy a second packet of seeds as only 6 or 7 germinated (I think a slug may be partly responsible for that). I have another low type of sw.p sown and all the seedlings are going to be in pots rather than in open soil.
Hi, Shirley
Can I say, I hate it when things go wrong, but as the guys have said don't give up....it's all a learning curve. Having said that, I would be letting you down if I said things were looking good.
Where do I start? As the guy's have already said yours look soft/tender and are probably being affected by cold (a common problem with garden centre plants) motto for the future 'grow your own from seed'......nothing special required, just sow the seed in situ about this time of year.
From what I can see, It would seem to me that just one pot would have been sufficient, as there seems to be several individual plants at each cane......so somehow you'll need to get rid of some, leaving just a couple of plants at each cane.
Another problem is that inasmuch as sweet peas are very deep-rooted, your container is too shallow.
Sweet peas are climbing plants, so require a structure to enable them to climb, rather than a single cane. As I don't know what variety they are, perhaps you may be able to see the eventual height from the label information.
I sure there will be further questions, which I'll be happy to answer if I can.
GD - Fraid it's a feature of Sugar 'n Spice, they do grow very slowly at first.
GD, I'm way behind, I sowed mine last tuesday indoors, some of them have just began to sprout.
That's good to know David K - I think I expected sweet peas to be faster growing - I have sown cosmos that seem to germinate & grow very quickly - lettuce too, & then there are the slower seeds which take a little longer. The sugar & spice are slower than the other sweat pea seeds that I have sown (& I can't remember the name of them - oh dear)