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Sweet peas not flowering
I grew sweet peas for the first time in March - pinched them out, fed them with tomato food in the ground, put them in a sunny site, watered them. They grew like mad and made lots of leafy growth and tendrils everywhere but I had very few flowers. I cut off the flowers that did come carefully to stop seedpods developing but still very few flowers developed. Where did I go wrong? Variety was Matecuna. Thank you for any help.
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You fed tomato food too soon and maybe too strong. You don't feed till after they start flowering.
I think Dave is right.
You did everything else right.
Don't let it put you off though.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Thanks for your advice, Dave and Puncdoc. Have just been in the greenhouse sowing some bicoloured ones for next year - Blue Ripple, Erewhon and Maloy. Forgot to check if they are scented but it is too late now.
Next year I won't give them any tomato food until they show me they are making an effort to flower on their own. They'd better shape up next time!