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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2008 12:50:23 GMT
Hi all,
Just wondering if this would work. I love sweetpeas but have relatively little wall space left, so I was going to make a wigwam in a large terracotta pot of long Buddleia sticks - around 5-6 foot long - and grow sweetpeas up the wigwam. But I know they are hungry feeders, and was wondering how densely I can plant them? The pot is 18" in diameter, and would be in a fairly sunny spot ... cheers ...
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Post by andy on Feb 8, 2008 12:59:02 GMT
Yeah chuck em in ;D.....i buy my sweetpeas from the GC already germinated and you get about 10-15 plants in each 13cm pot. I'd have no problems putting 5 x 13cm pots in one of those tubs.....4 round the outside, one in the middle.
As you've said, they like a good feed. I would be inclined to give them a 1/2 dose liquid feed every time you water throughout the summer from the time they start flowering.
HTH
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2008 13:30:08 GMT
Thanks Andy - I already have a bunch of sweetpeas waiting in the mini-GH ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 8, 2008 13:34:42 GMT
I do hate to put any kind of damper on it but I did that last year - well I used an Obelisk and I failed miserably......no pics were ever taken of the horror. Whether it was too much rain or not enough food I really don't know but I will cross my fingers that yours will be better.
Having said that I am going to do some hanging ones and dwarf ones as well, - thanks as well for the advice from me andy.
Rf
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2008 14:13:39 GMT
Oh dear RF, that does not sound encouraging  Nevertheless, I've just made my wigwam and planted 8 sweetpeas (Winston Churchill, scarlet), because I needed to get them out of the mini-GH. I was thinking I'd direct sow some more - perhaps purple - in a couple of weeks to extend the flowering season (well, assuming there'll be a flowering season at all  . Started them off with a good feed of nettle slurry. I really hope it works, because I love having them both in the garden and for the house - even OH stops to sniff them ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 8, 2008 14:51:14 GMT
Hope you have better luck this year RF. Don't despair CC I always put them in large pots. I either put twiggy bits in for them to grow up or I plant them in with things like Climbing roses and Clematis that I have in large pots. I've even grown them in with tall Oriental Lilies in pots, as the Lily flowers go over the SP's are still going and the bulbs need feeding so it kills 2 birds with one stone. Go for it, as long as they have room for thier roots and you water and feed them they will be fine  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 17, 2008 11:26:00 GMT
I put some of mine in pots this year too, it will be interesting to see how well they do compared to their siblings in the garden. ;D
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Post by Biggles on Feb 18, 2008 20:05:46 GMT
Yeah chuck em in ;D.....i buy my sweetpeas from the GC already germinated and you get about 10-15 plants in each 13cm pot. I'd have no problems putting 5 x 13cm pots in one of those tubs.....4 round the outside, one in the middle. As you've said, they like a good feed. I would be inclined to give them a 1/2 dose liquid feed every time you water throughout the summer from the time they start flowering. HTH I will be visiting the GC soon so will look-out for the Sweetpeas and grow them as a wigwam--Thanks for the info Andy-- Bigs |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2008 7:10:49 GMT
I have just had a thought and I don't know whether it would help you or whether you could find any - but I have got some lovely Sweetpeas that only grow to 120cm instead of the normal 180cmy. I am going to put these into a tub......save me getting the step ladder out to cut them!!
RF
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Post by isabella on Feb 19, 2008 7:46:09 GMT
I have a pkt of Lilac coloured Sweet Peas and I was going to put them in a large pot with a wigwam of canes |
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Post by dirtyboots on Mar 10, 2008 11:31:52 GMT
Hope it works 'cause while I was in England last week I planted a pot of sweet peas complete with wigwam.
I wonder if the wind has carried it off ? ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 10, 2008 17:54:09 GMT
Was wondering....... I sowed some sweet peas on 10th Feb they are now approx 18inches tall.....when is the best time to plant them outside? They will be in a large pot not in the ground. I haven't had much success with SP's before  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 10, 2008 18:02:23 GMT
I think it would be OK to plant them out now although I would keep some fleece handy just incase. At least they will become established before the good weather comes...hopefully comes.
RF
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 10, 2008 18:06:52 GMT
Thanks RF..
I plan on sowing some more, but instead of starting them off indoors I'll start them off outside in my little plastic GH... (thanks Wee for advising me on this ;D)
Hoping to get round to that sometime this week.
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Post by flowersfriend on Mar 10, 2008 19:14:07 GMT
Oh I wish I'd bought some sweet pea seeds now.........will get some next time I'm out and about . I have grown them every year in the garden around a wigwam. The wigwam blew down this year after 4 years...and sweet peas went out of my head! . They are soooo lovely and smell sooo nice I think they are worth a bit of trouble. I haven't been very successful growing them in containers, I'll have another go, when I get the seeds. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 12:23:05 GMT
They're about half-way up their Buddleia wigwam now, and the Winston Churchill's are just starting to flower - lovely colour but not much scent ... cheers ...
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 28, 2008 10:20:05 GMT
That's great CC, any pics? Mine in the tub have done quite well. I've been picking for a while now and have them immediately to the right outside the front door where I can smell them as soon as I go out. The bottom leaves are very yellow 'tho which of course would'nt matter if they were in the ground as it would be covered but is on show in the pot. I will put more in a tub next year for sure. Will you? How is everyone else doing I wonder.
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Post by andy on Jun 28, 2008 10:32:11 GMT
Keep em fed...you really can't chuck enough food at sweetpeas.
I've got mine in the ground and just picked the 3rd bunch from them....gloriously scented and a riot of colours
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2008 15:30:07 GMT
Well .... mmmm .... they're not much further up than when I last posted. And not many flowers despite being watered and fed. In fact, despite all the care they're getting, not nearly as good as the ones I chucked in and forgot last year I think RF may have been right, after all ... cheers ... |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 7, 2008 16:19:51 GMT
Well .... mmmm .... they're not much further up than when I last posted. And not many flowers despite being watered and fed. In fact, despite all the care they're getting, not nearly as good as the ones I chucked in and forgot last year I think RF may have been right, after all ... cheers ... Oh dear CC - I am sorry - I was so willing to be proved wrong.. I have once again tried this year and none of the dwarf or smaller varieties have survived - not quite true - a couple of plants did and I have planted them with the normal sweetpeas. I would love to hear the reason, if anyone has any ideas? RF |
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Post by Plocket on Jul 7, 2008 18:21:37 GMT
I always grow mine in a large plastic pot because I haven't got room in the beds. I don't often feed them but do chuck in chicken manure pellets when I remember, and I pick a few flowers every day. This year I planted a shorter variety (I don't think they were dwarf) and a taller variety so that I get flower all the way up the column, and I think they have all been successful. I wonder if the small ones didn't get enough light Rosefriend? |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 8, 2008 11:27:40 GMT
I honestly don't know what it is Plocket - I had them all in the same GH and most of the other "normal" ones came through. I only had problems with the smaller ones, I am afraid. I do have a few seeds left over and I will try next year again.
One thing - I didn't soak them - never do - I wonder if I should.
RF
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Post by Plocket on Jul 8, 2008 11:38:12 GMT
Have you got mice RF? Perhaps the mice preferred the dwarf seeds |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 8, 2008 11:40:18 GMT
Yes we have got mice - typical country village - lots of things all over the place - I never thought of that.
RF
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Post by Plocket on Jul 8, 2008 13:06:35 GMT
Mmm well mice apparently like sweet-peas
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 8, 2008 13:08:10 GMT
I shall have to think up ways of making sure they don't get them again.
Thanks Plocket
RF
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Post by Plocket on Jul 8, 2008 13:10:25 GMT
It's only a thought Don't forget that mice are determined little beasties - as I've recently discovered  |
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Nevertheless, I've just made my wigwam and planted 8 sweetpeas (Winston Churchill, scarlet), because I needed to get them out of the mini-GH. I was thinking I'd direct sow some more - perhaps purple - in a couple of weeks to extend the flowering season (well, assuming there'll be a flowering season at all 
. Started them off with a good feed of nettle slurry. I really hope it works, because I love having them both in the garden and for the house - even OH stops to sniff them ;D ... cheers ...
