Too late for sweetpeas?

[piskieinboots]

Oooo thanks piskie - ...

That's it - 3 packs of seeds now in the airing cupboard

Please both - ensure you check them daily as it is very quick - erm, usually

[Flummery]

Still got some left to sow. Will do it next week - I like a succession.

[piskieinboots]

... I like a succession.

So do you think Charles will step aside for William?

[ginger ninger]

Off to soak some more trailing sweet peas, I planted some on yesterday into there half moon wall baskets.

[Flummery]

So do you think Charles will step aside for William?

Not after he's waited this long (and more)!

[Jeanied]

*Jeanied lets the cat out of the airing cupboard having shut her in again.

[elsie-scot]

*Jeanied lets the cat out of the airing cupboard having shut her in again.

maybe you should get a cat flap!


I started my sweet peas at beginning of March in root trainers and they are doing well. Uncle sowed his seeds in the ground with cloche cover last week. No doubt his will flower sooner and better than mine, like they always do!

[FionaH]

Well I popped some in some root trainers after work, they are now nice and snug in the gh. Cheers folks

[Jeanied]

Piskie what a cracking tip about germinating in soil in the airing cupboard! Boy was that fast! I posted that I had put them in there at approximately noon today. It is now nearly 11 hours later and I have just checked them - little roots already!!!
Top tip!

[piskieinboots]

Good to go

The excellent tip has to be accredited to the lovely Terry Walton

[RobintheBobin]

I usually love growing my own sweet peas as there is such a great choice of varieties but last year I ran out of time so I bought a pot of seedlings from our local GC at 99p for thirty They were amazing - we got darks, pales, pinkies, whites, stripey pinks and stripey dark reds all smelling gorgeous. It was a real bargain and saved me loads of time and space.

So this year I have done the same again although at 99p for 12 seedlings it seems like daylight robbery compared to last year

I've gone for a 'Sweet Peas for Cutting' but there were loads - Cottage Garden Sweet Peas, Pale Sweet Peas, Dark Sweet Peas...etc...etc...I try to sow most things but I'm a sweet pea seedling convert now

[Jax]

ok, so sorry if this is really dense but do all sweet peas climb?? I got given some sweet peas and they are shooting up BUT no variety or info other than soak the seeds and they will grow kinda thing.

Sorry for hijacking the thread abit

[zazen999]

Good to go

The excellent tip has to be accredited to the lovely Terry Walton

I read this tip in the excellent Garden News [out on a tuesday]; and have used it with much success for my beans.

[shirlthegirl43]

Sweetpeas sown just now into warm compost on the patio in a trough where they will grop up the shed.

[maypril]

I have some seeds that I picked up for free somewhere. I've never grown them before. After soaking them, should I sow them direct or in modules. A assume they need something to climb up. Will they climb up a fence or should I erect some bamboo canes?