You're welcome Shirley it's on page one now, just stick a smiley on it or something and then you can find it in your followed threads if you want to have a proper look later.
i probably need to stop buying hollie, i only have one sunny window sill and so far there are tomato plants....pepper plants, sunflowers, strawberries on it .......my zinnia seedlings all died (((
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.
Shirley above I have copied David' reply for you this is the link to David's sweet pea thread great info on there
I'd echo what's been said here already Shirley and would just add that, as David says, there's an awful lot of plants for your trough, so if you have a few more large pots kicking about, transfer a few into them. If you don't have pots, but have a wall or fence somewhere, you can plant some there with some wires for them to climb on, or a bit of pea netting attached to the wall/fence.
Good luck and don't give up - we've all been there and we all learn as we go along
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy girl - Thank you i do have more troughs ( a lot actually) inherited from husbands great gran with the garden. (she had it beautiful, but relied on a gardener at the end) wish i had spent more time in it with her to know her flowers and plants better.....
Would you advise me to replant each cane (or the stems at each one) in a trough of their own.....or should i go for pots as the depth may be greater...also should i stick with the sticks i have in until they are a bit bigger or go for large canes immediately?
And Hollie thank you its hard as my phone can't do the pictures and my computer is not working at home (currently skiving in work )
Sweet peas like a decent depth of soil Shirley so troughs are generally not ideal. I mainly plant mine in pots and I use around 6/8 plants in a 15" pot. That gives them plenty of growing medium each and also enough air flow. They can get quite large and frothy!
I sow direct usually, and have a trio of 6 foot canes in the pot with string wound round horizontally to aid climbing. I can then tie them in more easily, or weave them in and out as they grow. If I sow in pots initially, I put 2 seeds in a 3" pot and then plant the whole potful at one cane. If one or two don't germinate I can stick a seed or two in to make up for it.
These are some from a couple of years ago
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Im trying to stay positive hollie thank you.....i just want to learn and be able to look after a beautiful space
You're welcome Shirley it's on page one now, just stick a smiley on it or something and then you can find it in your followed threads if you want to have a proper look later.
You said you're at work and it's a long thread.
i probably need to stop buying hollie, i only have one sunny window sill and so far there are tomato plants....pepper plants, sunflowers, strawberries on it .......my zinnia seedlings all died
(((
Shirley, I've replied to your query on the 'Sweet Pea Know How' thread.
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.
Shirley above I have copied David' reply for you this is the link to David's sweet pea thread great info on there
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/sweet-pea-know-how/820371-8.html
I'd echo what's been said here already Shirley and would just add that, as David says, there's an awful lot of plants for your trough, so if you have a few more large pots kicking about, transfer a few into them. If you don't have pots, but have a wall or fence somewhere, you can plant some there with some wires for them to climb on, or a bit of pea netting attached to the wall/fence.
Good luck and don't give up - we've all been there and we all learn as we go along
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy girl - Thank you i do have more troughs ( a lot actually) inherited from husbands great gran with the garden. (she had it beautiful, but relied on a gardener at the end) wish i had spent more time in it with her to know her flowers and plants better.....
Would you advise me to replant each cane (or the stems at each one) in a trough of their own.....or should i go for pots as the depth may be greater...also should i stick with the sticks i have in until they are a bit bigger or go for large canes immediately?
And Hollie thank you its hard as my phone can't do the pictures and my computer is not working at home (currently skiving in work
)
Sweet peas like a decent depth of soil Shirley so troughs are generally not ideal. I mainly plant mine in pots and I use around 6/8 plants in a 15" pot. That gives them plenty of growing medium each and also enough air flow. They can get quite large and frothy!
I sow direct usually, and have a trio of 6 foot canes in the pot with string wound round horizontally to aid climbing. I can then tie them in more easily, or weave them in and out as they grow. If I sow in pots initially, I put 2 seeds in a 3" pot and then plant the whole potful at one cane. If one or two don't germinate I can stick a seed or two in to make up for it.
These are some from a couple of years ago
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...