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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 1, 2007 18:16:34 GMT
Scuse me for being an ignorant person...but I'm not sure whether I should be 'pinching out' the tips of my peas & sweet peas...I seem to recall it being suggested on GW a while ago....I go at these things like a bull at a gate and often resort to pinching out my bedding plants before they go into the border..it works with them so is it OK to attack my legumes as well? ;D
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Post by owainglyndwr on Apr 1, 2007 21:47:31 GMT
Hi CPB This is my 1st year at Sweetpeas and I've 'pinched' them out at between 2/4 leafed after reading advice on here. It's working ;D Lots of side growth ;D Good question on Peas. Should you nip out the growing tip on 'Kelvedon Wonder'  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2007 23:26:12 GMT
Generally speaking there is NO NEED to pinch out Spring sown sweet peas or edibles. However, I did nip out my October 2005 sown sweet peas on this very day last year. I promptly stuck the nipped out bits in a seed bed and guess which did me prouder? The nipped out bits!
Edible legumes are only generally pinched out to either stop the plant growing sappy soft growth, which attract in the case of beans, blackfly. Or if you are growing a late late crop to ensure it does in fact crop.
I might have a go at selective pinching out anyway on edibles, as I accidentally knocked the leader of a pea a couple of weeks back and several new growths have appeared........
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Post by MamIDdau on Apr 2, 2007 15:21:49 GMT
Ok so if you pinch out, I assume that means removing the top set of leaves yes? So once you've done that, how do you go about getting the pinched bits to produce roots? Do you just stick em in water or do you have to get some of that rooting hormone stuff?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2007 19:05:41 GMT
Sweet peas - I generally pinch out the top 3 inches (8cm). Then remove all of the leaves apart from the top 2. Last year I just shoved them in the ground in April. This year I pinched in December and put in 5 inch pots in the greenhouse.
The "shoving in the ground" method appears to have been more successful!
But yes you could root in water or use rooting compound....
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 2, 2007 19:19:49 GMT
Ooooh CPC nice tip, I wasn't going to pinch mine out but if it means I get more plants then think it's a good idea. Have put it my job list for this week ;D Just a thought, how's about potting them up and popping them in the heated prop or could they be in water in the prop, what do you think or have I lost the plot  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Apr 2, 2007 19:31:02 GMT
Aren't sweet peas a little fussy about roots being disturbed so therefore shoving in the ground would be better wouldn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2007 21:07:49 GMT
Just a thought, how's about potting them up and popping them in the heated prop or could they be in water in the prop, what do you think or have I lost the plot You don't need the propagator honestly! You're not try to germinate after all. Stick 'em in the ground. That way they don't lose water and they will very slowly but at a measured rate set roots. Then when your original sweet peas are exhausted you'll have young 'uns to carry on the show  |
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Post by MamIDdau on Apr 3, 2007 9:55:43 GMT
Yay!! Can't wait for my seedlings to get big enough to pinch out now seeing as I'll be covering the compost heap with something nice smelling. Means I don't have to buy as many seeds now!
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