Help with sweet peas

ellie14

Every year I try to grow s/p either from seed or shop bought ,but ,when I transplant into the ground they seem to go weak and die ,I tried on a friends allotment last year still not good ,got my own plot this year and would like a fool proof way to grow them,because everyone elses will be perfect.I even grew them in those cardboard pots and toilet rolls ,is it the variety?

Lippycow

When i grow Sweet Peas after planting i put coarse gravel around the base to help keep the moisture in and the bugs out and it seems to work...hope this helps:)

ellie14

Will give that a go ,have some vermiculite similar stuff.

SEE

ellie14 wrote: »

Every year I try to grow s/p either from seed or shop bought ,but ,when I transplant into the ground they seem to go weak and die ,I tried on a friends allotment last year still not good ,got my own plot this year and would like a fool proof way to grow them,because everyone elses will be perfect.I even grew them in those cardboard pots and toilet rolls ,is it the variety?

The old gardeners always say to sow sweet pea seed straight in the ground. Apparently they don't like being transplanted

ellie14

You could be right thanks

PaggleHam

I used to have that problem, but I fixed it by always sow sweetpeas in seperate pots and keep them in them till they are about 5" high. When I transplant them at that age they usually take really well.

jjjme

This is the first year I've noticed a total slowdown after transplanting Sweet Peas - usually I find they are fine. I brought a pot from Wyevale about 3 weeks ago and planted them into a container with cornflower seeds ... the cornflower seedlings are almost as big as the Sweet Peas now! With that said just yesterday was the first day I've noticed they've picked up and started growing - seems as if the rain we've had has really kicked started them.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I always plant late,straight into the ground.I've never had much success when I pot grow and then transplant.

Steve_xx

I heard once that with Sweet Peas that when you plant them outdoors, and then after they have settled in, you nip the tops off of them and this causes them to send a fresh shoot out, which is supposedly stronger. I've done this with mine and they seem to be fine at the moment.

Has anyone else heard about doing this?

jjjme

Steve_xx wrote: »

I heard once that with Sweet Peas that when you plant them outdoors, and then after they have settled in, you nip the tops off of them and this causes them to send a fresh shoot out, which is supposedly stronger. I've done this with mine and they seem to be fine at the moment.

Has anyone else heard about doing this?

I've heard about taking the tips off young Sweet Pea plants to encourage side shoots to bush the plant out more therefore resulting in more flowers but can't say creating stronger shoots is something I've heard about before.

greenfingeredsteve

always so mine in pots then transplant them ,i dig a trench fill with manure then make sure they are well water as they become stressed .last year i had to move the sme plants twice because of a problem but it was fine they did ok .all my transplanted ones are doing fine .hope this helps .oh nearly forgot i always put newspaper at the bottom of the trench to hold moistire, cheers steve