Sweetpeas?

[threepeas]

Hi

We are new to growing flowers and vegs, my question is we have brought some spencer sweetpeas plants today, they come in a pot with about 10 seedlines all about 4-5" tall. Can they be broken up so we can put them in a line and if so when is best to do that. Also when can we put them outside?

Sorry if this sounds silly.

We are new to this.

[sagegreen]

Unless you know the plants have been hardened-off, would suggest best to leave them in a sheltered spot for a week or two. You should be able to carefully pull the young plants apart, but sweetpeas do tend to take a while to get growing again after being planted out in this way. To me sweetpeas are always worth the effort, good luck with them.

[FionaH]

They are great plants to have in a garden. Mine came in various pots last year and I seperated them out into twos and threes with no ill effects.

[Photo]

Yes, seperate them if you can..carefully and pot them up again. Also nip out the tips of the plants with thumb and forefinger nails...this encourages them to bush out and give more stems. I plant mine out in the garden when all chance of frosts have gone (we had a light frost here in cumbria last night). Plant two to a cane.

[elsie-scot]

When planting you can cover the seedlings with plastic 2 litre bottle cut in half to act as a mini cloche, adn to try to stop things eating them

[rustylady]

Sweet peas are fairly hardy. I would split them now, and put them individually into new pots - they will take a while to settle and form new roots. Keep them cool, preferably outdoors or in an unheated greenhouse. When settled in their new pots (not too big) nip out the growing tip. I sow mine in cell trays, one to a cell, which avoids too much root disturbance when moving them.