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Short Stemmed Sweet Peas
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| Christine Rowe 2005-06-27, 4:25 am |
| I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a
coldframe, then plant out in spring.
My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice and
long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting
really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help
TIA Chris
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| Broadback 2005-06-27, 12:25 pm |
| Christine Rowe wrote:
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> I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a
> coldframe, then plant out in spring.
> My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice and
> long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting
> really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help
> TIA Chris
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If you want long stemmed sweet peas then you need to pinch out the young
plant, then select the strongest shoot and remove all others. Continue
to do this throughout the season so you have a single stemmed plant.
this will produce good long stemmed flowers. The negative side (there
is always one) is there will be far less flowers per plant than otherwise.
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| Spider 2005-06-27, 6:25 pm |
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Broadback <wen@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Christine Rowe wrote:
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> If you want long stemmed sweet peas then you need to pinch out the young
> plant, then select the strongest shoot and remove all others. Continue
> to do this throughout the season so you have a single stemmed plant.
> this will produce good long stemmed flowers. The negative side (there
> is always one) is there will be far less flowers per plant than otherwise.
I've also heard that removing the tendrils is similarly successful. This
would have the advantage of keeping the original quantity of flowers. No
doubt, if I'm wrong, someone will kindly correct me.
Spider
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| On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:30:54 +0100, "Spider" <Spider@nospam.com>
wrote:
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~Broadback <wen@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
~news:3i9s1eFki10oU1@individual.net...
~> Christine Rowe wrote:
~> > I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a
~> > coldframe, then plant out in spring.
~> > My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice
~and
~> > long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting
~> > really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help
~> > TIA Chris
~> >
~> >
~> If you want long stemmed sweet peas then you need to pinch out the young
~> plant, then select the strongest shoot and remove all others. Continue
~> to do this throughout the season so you have a single stemmed plant.
~> this will produce good long stemmed flowers. The negative side (there
~> is always one) is there will be far less flowers per plant than otherwise.
~
~I've also heard that removing the tendrils is similarly successful. This
~would have the advantage of keeping the original quantity of flowers. No
~doubt, if I'm wrong, someone will kindly correct me.
~
I have had the same problem for a few years and this year I asked the
chap on the lottie who grows them for show what to do. The answer was
short and simple: water, water, water
Apparently the sweet pea is a water guzzler, so if you water it daily
or thereabouts you should get decent stems.
I am trying this, and removing tendrils at the same time. Something's
got to work!
jane
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
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