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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 15, 2009 7:22:55 GMT
Beautiful Rf, I'm sure they smell delicious.  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 15, 2009 11:53:45 GMT
I love those deep burgundy coloured ones PJ, and that is a cracking bunch you have picked RF - I have flowers on the spring sowings (Blue Velvet first to open  so they were not that far behind the autumn sown ones  x Tig |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 15:17:29 GMT
Just to show the difference in mine..... The ones on the left were started off in the mini GH.... the ones on the right were sown straight into the pot outside, both were sown in Oct last year.  |
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 16, 2009 15:25:44 GMT
Quite a difference MRH, my spring sown ones are catching up to the autumn sowing, which is starting to flower nicely now. Mine are in deeper pots than yours , might make a difference?
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 15:27:49 GMT
possibly but I don't have a lot of room in my tiny garden for any more bigger pots....might try sowing straight into the ground this Autumn
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 16, 2009 15:32:42 GMT
On another board the SP expert does say that they do have deep root systems so maybe direct into the soil may help  |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 15:34:33 GMT
I did try them that way when I first moved in but they got eaten by slugs..  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 16, 2009 19:46:57 GMT
MRH in my experience sweetpea don't need to be in a greenhouse at all. I know FB sows his straight into the ground but I sow mine into toilet roll inners, leave them outside all winter and then plant them in the ground Jan or Feb as mine would be eaten by slugs too if I just sowed them straight into the ground. Also, where mine grow up is at the back of my borders so they would'nt get enough light if I sowed them direct.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 19:50:08 GMT
never thought of that LG..
where abouts do you keep them? Don't they blow away with the winds?
Not sure that I have a sheltered part of the garden to keep them, maybe I could put the toilet rolls into a pot....
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 16, 2009 19:53:28 GMT
I put my toilet roll inners into the polystyrene thingy that plug plants come in, you know the kind of thing I mean, I'd gotten pansies in it or something. It does'nt blow away, I leave it on the windowledge all winter long. Before I got that I used a loarge tupperware container but you have to make sure it's got holes in the bottom so it does'nt get watterlogged. I'll have a look and see if I have a pic to explain.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 19:55:11 GMT
I haven't got any polystyrene things but I could always go buy something that come in them ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 16, 2009 19:56:23 GMT
 These are my sp today. This is what I mean here. |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 16, 2009 19:58:17 GMT
I have the black plastic ones that pots come in and I could save the large rolls from work that should fit in nicely....
Think thats the way I'll do it this time.
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Post by Barbara on Jun 17, 2009 13:35:33 GMT
Sweet peas can stand minus 10 so the normal winters wont bother them at all . |
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 17, 2009 13:41:39 GMT
I keep my september sown ones in the unheated GH just to stop the winter gales and snow from bashing the life out of them.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 17, 2009 13:42:44 GMT
It's not the cold that bothers me with them more the winds, They will probably get tossed around the garden a bit.
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 17, 2009 13:47:32 GMT
That's exactly why mine are in the GH to stop them ending up about four houses down the street.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 17, 2009 13:49:27 GMT
I only have plastic mini GH's which is why I sowed some straight into the bigger pot last year.
I might have to try and make a corner on the patio wind safe so that I can start them in pots this year before planting into the garden
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 17, 2009 13:55:48 GMT
Were they all from the same seed packets MRH or were they spring sown from different packet, might make a difference.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 17, 2009 14:04:01 GMT
nope all from the same 2 packets, I sowed half and half in the pots at the same time, just kept one inside the mini GH and the others outside.
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 17, 2009 14:15:47 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 17, 2009 14:21:05 GMT
from the very same bag.
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 17, 2009 14:29:41 GMT
So the only thing left is the depth of container as I presume the watering / feeding regime is the same.
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 17, 2009 14:34:21 GMT
yep.....must be the depth.... ;D
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Post by Mowhay on Jun 19, 2009 7:44:04 GMT
Only four but there are lots more looking likely to be ready over the weekend  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 19, 2009 9:28:41 GMT
I already have had 3 vases full and one thing that I have noticed this year is that the stems are a lot longer - not sure what that means but they look a lot better.
RF
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 19, 2009 12:08:27 GMT
I've only had about half a dozen cut flowers so far...
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 19, 2009 20:40:57 GMT
Rf I noticed that the stems are so much longer too. I know they will get smaller towards the end of the season but I don't remember them ever being quite so long before. Also I'm getting a few flowers with 5 heads on them. I often only get 3 but most of this years are giving 4. What about you?
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 20, 2009 6:16:51 GMT
I hadn't noticed the amount of heads until you have mentioned it LG - just been out and yes I have got a load of "4's" - no "5's" at the moment but there could well be when they open up more....
RF
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Post by Tig on Jun 20, 2009 7:48:33 GMT
How weird, I noticed my Autumn sown sp's had longer stems than the one's sown this year!
Can't say I that they have more flowers per stem though, mainly twos and threes
x Tig
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so they were not that far behind the autumn sown ones 
