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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 8, 2008 15:14:31 GMT 1
I have 2 hanging baskets of mini sweet peas but the flowers keep drying up and dropping off without developing. Why?
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Post by Sweetleaf on Jul 8, 2008 15:21:46 GMT 1
I have 2 hanging baskets of mini sweet peas but the flowers keep drying up and dropping off without developing. Why? Are they in a particularly windy spot? Is the basket itself drying out too much between waterings? |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 8, 2008 15:29:13 GMT 1
No. I make sure that it's watered sometimes twice a day. Fed weekly.
They are in about the sunniest and hottest spot in the garden. Could that be a reason?
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Post by Sweetleaf on Jul 8, 2008 15:38:48 GMT 1
No. I make sure that it's watered sometimes twice a day. Fed weekly. They are in about the sunniest and hottest spot in the garden. Could that be a reason? No they need the sun, I grow them in the sunniest spot too.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 8, 2008 15:45:19 GMT 1
It's cold night time temperatures. Just looked it up.
Some varieties are more prone than others apparently.
My main ones are not flowering yet.
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Post by Sweetleaf on Jul 8, 2008 15:52:17 GMT 1
It's cold night time temperatures. Just looked it up. Some varieties are more prone than others apparently. My main ones are not flowering yet. Mine are, both here and at the lottie. It must be the "blessed city" effect again ;D |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 8, 2008 16:26:31 GMT 1
Mine just went in late.....
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 12, 2008 12:05:11 GMT 1
I love sweet peas but haven't been successful in the garden I have now - until this year! I planted them in the spring in the cold frame and then put them in the garden.
I have been cutting flowers for a couple of weeks now - and today, have a vase full on my desk! ;D We have decorators in and everywhere is a mess downstairs.
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 12, 2008 12:11:57 GMT 1
Lovely Myrtle - I think they do better given an early start too.  I'm tempted to try sowing in October/November this year, again in the cold frame as they don't want too much coddling - there was a thread on another board and they were quite successful. |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 12, 2008 14:01:51 GMT 1
One of my gardening books recommends they are sown in pots in October and overwintered in a cold frame. It's the root disturbance they don't like, so they are best sown either in root trainers or toilet roll inners. No-one even noticed my flowers - had to mention it to them, you can't miss them, they are on the glass shelf on my desk! They are just so used to me having flowers on there they don't notice when they are different! |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 12, 2008 16:22:26 GMT 1
Their just jealous BM ;D you cant ignore the scent can you ?
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Post by emseypop on Aug 15, 2008 11:36:40 GMT 1
I sowed mine in Oct in the cold GH. They went mad and were a wild tangle buy the time I came to put them out in march/April so don't forget to pinch them out. They lasted about 20 Min's in the BG before the hens ate them. I've got a pot wigwam affair in the front garden now, looks good but I have to keep tying it in.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 15, 2008 12:19:16 GMT 1
The hanging ones are flowering now but I don't think I'll try them again. Rather scruffy.
The main ones are a bit leafy - not as many flowers as I'd like.
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