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Sweetpeas grown from seed
Hi all, looking for a little advise for some sweetpeas i have grown in individual pots. They're around 20cm tall already but haven't had the heads pinched off.
They appear a bit limp for their height though... Do they require support? I gather from the threads they grow they're climbers but seem a little small to be grown against a trellis..
Also, will these plants flower at some point this year? :-D
Thanks
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They should be two or three feet high by now and producing flowers. If they've been in those same pots for a while, they won't really be getting enough sustenance either, unless the pots are more than 3 or 4 inch ones.
Did you sow them very late?
Philippa's right though - trellis isn't ideal without something else a bit finer for them to twine round.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hmmm, so what would be ideal growing area for them? I were planning on just continuing to grow these as individual plants in pots.
They were, unfortunately, sown late, like all my plants as I moved house in May so only got round to it early June but, (as you might of guessed) haven't grown many plants at all before but the odd cosmos mix or sunflowers - plant and leave to grow plants! They are in a plastic-type mini greenhouse though since seed but potted in a seed tray!
Thanks again!
Sweet peas should be outside, especially if you sowed them in early June. If they're individual seeds in a small pot, you can put them into a biggish pot together - I use around 6 to 8 plants in a 14 or 15inch pot. You can then put tall canes in for them to grow up, tying in with string to help them along, or winding the string round and up the canes to give a basic frame. Alternatively, put them in the ground with a suitable support - you can still use canes in a tripod there too. If they're not very strong, that might not be the best idea though. Slugs love them.
They need good rich soil, and some depth for their roots. As time goes on you can feed them too, or put some of that slow release food into the bigger pot when you plant them.
Mine look like this just now - they're about three feet or so. You can't really see the pot, but it's an 18 inch one with about ten or twelve plants.
This pot is about 14 inches, and has around 8 plants
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ahhh I see!
As you can see, mine are still very tiny! I'll definitely try re-potting and popping outside for a while.. Slugs have already started to eat their way through my larger climber plant so I really don't want to attract them to the sweet peas at all!
The colours on the packet of seeds I bought were gorgeous... a mix of light pastel shades but loving your purple ones! real eye catchers!
Char