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  • Too late for sweetpeas?

    Is it too late to sow some more sweetpeas, or will I have to resort to buying some?
    WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

  • #2
    get sowing lass
    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      Cheers hon, that was fast!
      WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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      • #4
        Sow 'em!

        They germinate pretty fast don't they?
        A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

        BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

        Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


        What would Vedder do?

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        • #5
          I sowed some last weekend and they were up this weekend...just about

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          • #6
            Give them a soak now and sow them this evening. That's what I'm doing today, Fi.
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
              Give them a soak now and sow them this evening. That's what I'm doing today, Fi.
              I read somewhere that said not to soak them, just give them a little 'nick' near the eye with a sharp knife.

              Or maybe that was another site....
              A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

              BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

              Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


              What would Vedder do?

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              • #8
                I was never sure where to nick them, HW - and I have seen someone recommending that too but I'm not sure where I saw it. Soaking is simpler!
                Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
                  I was never sure where to nick them, HW - and I have seen someone recommending that too but I'm not sure where I saw it. Soaking is simpler!
                  I always pay for mine - I was brought up proper me.
                  A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                  BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                  Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.


                  What would Vedder do?

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                  • #10
                    Now I wouldn't want to break the law HW - so soaking is safer!
                    Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                    • #11
                      I soaked mine before I sowed them, did them about a week ago, left them outside and my seedllings are now about 1cm tall. Best get the garage painted now so I can put their trellis up!

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                      • #12
                        a quick way to kick 'em off is to put them into a plastic money bag with moist compost, pop 'em into your airing cupboard - they'll be sending out their darling little white bits before you've made the toast
                        aka
                        Suzie

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
                          a quick way to kick 'em off is to put them into a plastic money bag with moist compost, pop 'em into your airing cupboard - they'll be sending out their darling little white bits before you've made the toast
                          Oooo thanks piskie - off to try that now. I love sweet peas but they deffo don't love me. I've managed to germinate about 10 since January - and of those only 4 have survived past seedling stage...
                          come visit a garden
                          or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/

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                          • #14
                            That's it - 3 packs of seeds now in the airing cupboard in bags of moist compost - hope it works fast as I have a spot of catching up to do, like Fi!
                            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                            • #15
                              I don't soak or nick and seem to get good germination. Filled 10 root trainers back in Feb and shoved 2 seeds in each. Now have 20 lovely healthy bushy plants which have benefited from a bit of pinching out If they're as pretty as last year then they'll look lovely with my beans

                              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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