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Post by Missredhead on Mar 21, 2009 13:49:06 GMT
My SP's are looking a bit weedy  Think that I might need to feed them again but the soil is still very wet and I don't want to drown them. (off topic sorry) PJ I sowed my marigolds on the 1st of March and they are all up. I did sow them inside though. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 22, 2009 10:58:58 GMT
My sweet peas are ok as are my cosmos - nothing else showing yet though  |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 2, 2009 15:43:27 GMT
Put some sticks in for my sweet peas today   |
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Post by andy on Apr 2, 2009 16:28:19 GMT
I have a question for all you sweet pea experts.
I bought 15 pots of pre germinated SP's from the garden centre about a month ago. There is about an average of 15 per pot and they're in 9cm pots. They've all been stopped and are shooting nicely but im running out of space for other things.
They've been grown in a cool (min 5 deg) conservatory but we're still getting frosts down here (quite a hard one Tues am).
Would you risk planting them out yet or wait a few more weeks until the risk of frost is less ?
Thanks in advance
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 2, 2009 17:37:21 GMT
We also had that frost Andy,but as mine have been outside all winter,they are ok,sweet peas are hardy things,and i personaly would put them out now,and maybe give some form of protection if a sharpish frost is forcast,but they should handle a deg or 2 of frost
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Post by Tig on Apr 2, 2009 18:44:55 GMT
I 'liberated' my autumn sown ones into the border on the 29th March Andy - they are fending for themselves now. They seem to be doing OK so far  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 2, 2009 19:14:28 GMT
mine also have been outside all along Andy but they are very hardy. I'd harden them off for a few days and bring them in at nightfall then start leaving them outside and as FB says cover them if the big frost comes.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 2, 2009 22:24:11 GMT
I put mine outside as soon as they get to about 8cms tall - they've all been fine  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2009 17:31:49 GMT
My sweet peas have now been out a good week after I hardened them off.  RF |
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Post by jean on Apr 13, 2009 20:20:34 GMT
I'd like to share with you my first sweetpeas ;D  They were sown last autumn in root trainers and then planted out in an unheated GH. They are being trained up strings as a single stem and will be layered later on when they become too tall. They need twisting around the string on a daily basis and all the side shoots nipped out.   My outdoor Sweetpeas are not doing anywhere near as well  |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 13, 2009 21:09:29 GMT
Gosh Jean - very impressive |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 14, 2009 6:09:13 GMT
Is this to get larger flowers Jean??
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 14, 2009 6:15:50 GMT
I've never heard of anyone having sweetpea this early, well done Jean. I think I've seen an old GW where they said this is what the serious growers do. Are they deliciously scented Jean. Rf yours are doing great, that's a grand container they're in. Are you feeding them now that they're romping away |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 14, 2009 6:43:26 GMT
I have put a slow working fertilizer in with them and I will start with tomato fertilizer in 4 weeks or so. I had a load over so I have put then near the Clems - not sure that it was a good idea but we shall see.
RF
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Post by jean on Apr 14, 2009 18:09:00 GMT
Clems and sweetpeas will be a lovely mix RF The sweetpeas in the GH are being grown as a cut flower, they won't have larger flowers, but long straight stems and an early crop. They do smell lovely. The ones I am growing out side will be rambling willy nilly over an arch, any which way they want |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2009 18:27:54 GMT
They look as if they smell beautiful Jean I put my spring sowings out yesterday, they are growing up the green arch. (The autumn sowings are growing up the silver arch so I can compare) x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 14, 2009 18:29:13 GMT
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Post by Spruance on Apr 14, 2009 18:40:05 GMT
Nice flowers Jean, and I'm very envious of the GH too. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif My SPs are gradually making their way outside, with the last batch due to go out tomorrow if I have time and failing that on Thursday. Bearing in mind that they weren't potted on and remained in their original seed trays they don't look too bad at all. |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 14, 2009 18:52:09 GMT
These are the ones that I sowed outside in Oct....  |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 14, 2009 19:40:02 GMT
Merely jealous I ask; does any of you have pigeons that nible away all winter? And to ad insult the ones I sowed this Spring and hardened off are at MssK being eaten by the milimeter and less. Something is nibbling mini holes but loads of them and that means at some time in the future hole one will meet hole two and the SP is nowhere in the middle Any hints or tips? |
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Post by Spruance on Apr 14, 2009 20:19:13 GMT
My biggest problem is sparrows, but I wonder if they are more interested in the string that I used to use to tie the plants to their supports. I now use wire clips or tying wire cut to short lengths, and of course the CDs will be deployed shortly as the birds don't like the reflections. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif |
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Post by jean on Apr 14, 2009 20:29:11 GMT
If you have any spare seed left they can be sown straight into the ground in amongst where the runner beans are going to be planted. The bees love them and will help polinate the bean flowers and the beans will help support the sweetpeas ;D There are lots of ways of growing sweetpeas |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 14, 2009 20:31:59 GMT
Ah Spruance how romantic wine red flowers with a lovely boucket ( smell what else ) and music to accompany it all ;D Birds as in females do like reflections but only on diamonds not on flying cd soucers  What bird were you trying to keep out again  Hm I should not post this but will as the red wine now befuddling what is left of my sanity makes me giggle and do it anyhow. Tonight I am bad. Tomorow I'll have a headache  Naughty shed yes I know..... |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2009 22:35:18 GMT
;D
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 15, 2009 5:47:49 GMT
My biggest problem is sparrows, but I wonder if they are more interested in the string that I used to use to tie the plants to their supports. I now use wire clips or tying wire cut to short lengths, and of course the CDs will be deployed shortly as the birds don't like the reflections.  I have never known sparrows to touch my s p Spru,although they strip the bark from the sticks,i think there are insects beneath it. Your S Ps look very healthy MRH i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 15, 2009 7:47:20 GMT
Oooh Jean I could almost smell those SP's, aren't they lovely especially this early in the year, brill. Mine in the GH had a snip yesterday and I hope to be planting them out over the next week. Of the ones I sowed Mar 16 in 2 small trenches, only one lot are showing about an inch of growth. I might just throw a few more in and see what happens. Wonder whats eating your SP's Dutchy We have a pair of pigeons and a pair of doves that come into the garden but I've never seen that they have eaten any plants. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 15, 2009 8:00:11 GMT
Dutchy sorry to hear something is hungry for your sp. Would you consider spraying them with some sort of bug deterrent? MRH those are looking so green and healthy, good size too. Chuckles I might do the same thing, my spring sown ones are quite patchy and I was sure I sowed some in the bottom border but there's no sign of anything. These are my autumn sown ones which I grew outside in the toilet roll inners, planted out a while ago and settling in well.  |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 15, 2009 8:04:53 GMT
Merely jealous I ask; does any of you have pigeons that nible away all winter? And to ad insult the ones I sowed this Spring and hardened off are at MssK being eaten by the milimeter and less. Something is nibbling mini holes but loads of them and that means at some time in the future hole one will meet hole two and the SP is nowhere in the middle Any hints or tips? If they were mine Dutchy,i would give them a spray with an insecticide,there must be some minute bugs on them |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 15, 2009 11:14:59 GMT
Thanks for your comments, I am quite proud of them, the ones that I started inside are not even worth a pic...they are spindly and about 2ins tall! Might have to give up on them.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 15, 2009 12:17:26 GMT
Everyone's SP's are looking great . I'm not very proud of mine - just watching to see how they do. |
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Think that I might need to feed them again but the soil is still very wet and I don't want to drown them.
