[spider]

hi again not a lot happening on the garden this time of year .
anyway have some sweet peas growing ,for early start next spring ,
They seem all leggy and falling down ,do i have to support them with sticks or repot them .Advice please


Also see my chestnut tree seedling ,compliments of GPI ,on how to grow them
Why is it sprouting now in oct ?? Thought nothing moved in garden until spring

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[AJ]

I planted mine into 3'' pots stuck a little bit of cane into each pot and put them out in a sheltered spot in the garden, and there they'll stay till i plant them up in the garden next year. This is not advice however, its just what I do, maybe somone else knows the right thing to do

[spider]

Thanks AJ ,Will do that ,never grew them before so any advice is always helpful

[AJ]

Hold on now spider, stall the ball, I did say 'this is not advice' I don't want u comin round with a base ball bat cause u'r sweet pea's were murdered by jack frost , i know that they'll do away fine in the cold greenhouse until next year,I put mine out a couple of weeks ago, well before we got frost. I know they are a pretty hardy plant, maybe someone else can advise u on whether u can put them out now , straight into frosty mornings.

The other thing I noted last year is that they need every other day attention, if u let them go at all, they go mad, this year I'm going down the cordon route, simply because I want a better quality flower, well thats the plan anyway

[AJ]

Spider, this is where I'm at, at the moment, they don't seem to have grown too much in the past 2 months, which i think is good thing, and the frost doesn't seem to have any effect on them.

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