Sweetpeas

[Mumbles]

Mine were getting a little leggy inside so moved them outside into my blow away greenhouse. Apart from some of them going for a flying trip in the wind that lost me a greenhouse they are fine. They are now under cloches made out of 2 litre bottles and quite happy 🌱


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[veggiechicken]

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A few days in the windowsill and they're looking much healthier!

Yes............but you still need to tell your husband that you need a coldframe

[Ja9]

Agree re telling your husband about the cold frames...they are so useful! Also I pop old plastic drink bottles over mine too till established. Would harden them off anyway before planting but will probably put mine out in a few weeks depending on what the weather does next. Any spring sown ones will soon catch up with winter sown . I tend to find if I sow too early they tend to get leggy despite pinching out.

[Dorothy rouse]

My sweet peas, have all grown very well inside, they are now about 6/7 inches, tall and outside, in the rain, has anyone planted theirs out on plots yet?

[ancee]

I haven't even started yet! I usually just chuck them in the ground - or scatter them, they pop up all over the place. I accidentally put an envelope of them on the compost heap and the wind blew it open and they all fell in. I'm hoping they'll grow!

[robmarston]

Mine are just germinating in an unheated greenhouse 😀


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[Bren In Pots]

Dotty mine are only around half inch tall so they won't be leaving the GH for some time yet.

[Dorothy rouse]

Think I'm going to plant them out, can always grow more, they have been in unheated room, was surprised how well they germinated and in loo rolls,that's a first for me. Maybe slightly warmer down here in Kent?

[Tripmeup]

How long do they usually take to germinate....? For some reason, mine are refusing to geminate..

[Thelma Sanders]

Where are you growing them? last year all the ones left in the greenhouse failed to show - the supplier sent a replacement pkt and suggested I start them off indoors. They suggested the ones outside had probably been eaten by mice!

So nowadays I always germinate them indoors first

[Dorothy rouse]

They germinated in about 7-10 days, in loo rolls, in window sill propagator, no heat, cool room, these were from saved seeds.

[Cr071]

Mine are planted out on the allotment now under bottle cloches as we were forecast snow .. However that didn't happen!! But they're pretty happy sitting under them for now and I'll probably take them off in a few weeks I guess!


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[Tripmeup]

Where are you growing them? last year all the ones left in the greenhouse failed to show - the supplier sent a replacement pkt and suggested I start them off indoors. They suggested the ones outside had probably been eaten by mice!

So nowadays I always germinate them indoors first

Hey Thelma.

Is not mice anyway as cat makes sure none of them stick around

I had moved them inside to a spare bedroom which would have never been lower than 19 degrees..but still no joy...
So have now moved them to my room that has the water tank, solar piping etc, so plenty warm in there.... Will see what happens... Maybe duff seeds?

[WendyC]

When I've had trouble with peas, sweet or otherwise, germinating it's because they have rotted from being too wet. Last year I experimented with soaking and not soaking with identical pots of seeds. I found that whilst the soaked seed came through about a day earlier, I ended up with more plants from the none soaked ones. Now I sow the seed in damp compost but don't water again until the seedlings appear. Have a poke around in the compost, can you find any of the seed?

[Tripmeup]

When I've had trouble with peas, sweet or otherwise, germinating it's because they have rotted from being too wet. Last year I experimented with soaking and not soaking with identical pots of seeds. I found that whilst the soaked seed came through about a day earlier, I ended up with more plants from the none soaked ones. Now I sow the seed in damp compost but don't water again until the seedlings appear. Have a poke around in the compost, can you find any of the seed?

thanks Wendy.

Will have a root around this evening to see what lies beneath!