[Jim T]

Just planted out a line of sweet pea seedlings to make a pretty wind-break for pole beans to be planted in April.
Do you think I should protect them against possible frost now, and should I use clear plastic cloche or fleece? :?

[muntjac]

cloche em i have jack russel  variety of sweet peas . mine are just popping through outside .mine wil be cloched when it says frost or clear skies  

[shaun]

i would have sown them under cover mate and planted them out later they are tuff but not mega tuff

[muntjac]

mine was self sown from last year i just peel the pods  dump a load manure on the top n throw the seed in ashallow drill with more poop on top

[shaun]

you know you pinch out the 1st shoot and it gives you another shoot,
do you pinch that one off or leave it ?

[muntjac]

i do the first then the second of each primary stem then every third .depending on how fast they grow and if i can be bothered  i will try and feed them well with liquid manure n water  well so they form a tree with numerous flowers coming on
 

[shaun]

so you pinch the 1st 3 or 4 off  :?

[leeky]

i didnt even know about pinching the 1st one  :shock:

do now!

[muntjac]

ok when the first shoot comes up i nip it of i then t divides ? then pinch that one out where it reaches the 2 coming off at the 3 rd
     
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[shaun]

gives you more flowers per plant or so ive been told

[muntjac]

mkakea mirror image of that  and i think u will understand . its like  doing fruit trees

[shaun]

ok when the first shoot comes up i nip it of i then t divides ? then pinch that one out where it reaches the 2 coming off at the 3 rd
     
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rightyohh

[wellingtons]

... sweet peas that are sown direct are much sturdier, healthier plants than those grown on it pots.  

I make little cloches for mine out of the tops of plastic bottles.  Then as you want to harden them off you just go round and take the tops of during the day and put em back on at night ...  

You could try, probably not until May though, planting in pots, some morning glory to add to your sweetpeas, just as the sweetpeas are starting to get past their best the morning glory is ... well ... glorious ... of a morning ..