Sweet peas refuse to flower.

[Jimmy]

I had awful trouble at the beginning of the year. Just about everything failed to germinate.

Out of a load of sweet peas I got about 4 to appear.
So I popped them in the end of a bed and made a nice trellis for them to climb up.

Could I get the little devils to climb the trellis, I had to virtually nail them to it. (well tie them in)
They went everywhere else, up the tomatoes, into the greenhouse etc.

When I finally trained them up they are now taller than the GH. But none seem to be bothered flowering.
I would have thought they should have flowered a long time ago !

Advise please Jimmy

[bearded bloke]

Do you know the variety/ies you planted ? Old Fasioned & Spencer should be in full bloom by now
The only thing that jumps to mind is that maybe you planted an everlasting/perennial variety ? they don't bloom in the first year.

[Mark_Riga]

A picture would help to see if they are likely perennial or not or what the likely cause of not flowering is for the future.

If they are not perennial then, I can only think they were sown very late or they are growing in the shade. The latest I sowed any sweet peas was about 20th April and they are still flowering now. Ones I sowed last year (about now to late October) were finished a month ago.

As far as poor germination is concerned, could be too wet, too dry, mice, a long cold spell, slugs... depending when and where they were sown.

[Baldy]

Flowering has been a lot more hit and miss for me this year, but I'm too disorganised to be able to pin down the reasons. Sowed about 15 different varieties, had reasonable germination. Slugs took quite a few. Only 30%-%40 of survivors actually bloomed. Grow them with the same lack of care every year and usually get much better results. Ho hum.