[peapod]

I've tried early sowings of sweetpeas (December) & found that they run away too much. Even with pinching out they were over a foot long, spindly, flopping all over the place, before the final frosts.

Id lay bets mine will be like that :cry:

[garddwr]

Mine went in yesterday in the heated propagator 3 per 7.5cm pot as the thompson and morgan instructions stated    !


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I think you might end up with pretty trees

Thanks digger I hope I do. What is this about pinching them out ? Which leaves should you pinch ?

[Yorkie]

Pinching out refers to pinching the top off the growing stem.  This forces the plant to send out side shoots, hence it getting bushier and not so tall.  You can pinch out those side shoots if you later choose, and so on.

[DIGGER]

Wooo   they are an inch high now,at what point should i pinch the tops of.
Triffids by spring.
Hows others doing

[muntjac]

sow em and cover the pots with an old lemonade bottle in the greenhouse dont water until the top of the soil is crispy or on warm days  if ya over water they wil rot off ... pich em of wqhen there is 3 stes of leaves with a noticable growing point from the stem

[Nogger]

i set some peas of last autum and in toilet inner's ,i nipped the tops out after the fourth leaf and this year had a splended display,make sure you keep them moist through the winter period,
only problem i had was when i came to take the toilet inner's from out of the seed tray in the spring, that  they had been in all winter,all the roots had covered the full base of the tray so it was difficult to part them.

you can also use rain gutter for starting broad beans or peas:  




ray

[DIGGER]

Mine went in yesterday in the heated propagator 3 per 7.5cm pot as the thompson and morgan instructions stated    !


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They must be hitting there heads on the top now.
How about an updated photo.

Mine are about 2 1/2" high ,have just pinched out.

Not that bothered if they fail ,its just an interest now

[garddwr]

yes sure DIGGER . It would be nice if you could update too ?

Here they are :





They haven't all germinated yet,I took them out of the propagator a few days ago and moved them to the window as they wern't getting enough light.

When should they all be pinched out ?

[DIGGER]

Have taken photo but no idea how to get it on here.

Will have to wait for the most patient of my kids to show me

[DIGGER]

[DIGGER]

The above sweet peas and toilet roll inners was posted on  here by Digger following an extensive and very cheap course by the GARDDWR SCHOOL of computers.

I had private tuition  

[garddwr]

The above sweet peas and toilet roll inners was posted on  here by Digger following an extensive and very cheap course by the GARDDWR SCHOOL of computers.

I had private tuition  

Oh yes and that goes to any one else who wants a step by step on how tp upload pics !

[DD.]

The above sweet peas and toilet roll inners was posted on  here by Digger following an extensive and very cheap course by the GARDDWR SCHOOL of computers.

I had private tuition  

Oh yes and that goes to any one else who wants a step by step on how tp upload pics !

The step by step guide is posted already on the forums here...

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=19476

[garddwr]

no DD I made one myself.

If I'm not breaking any rules  

[DD.]

They haven't all germinated yet,I took them out of the propagator a few days ago and moved them to the window as they wern't getting enough light.

When should they all be pinched out ?

I don't like to say this, but they are looking very drawn & leggy. Perhaps you left them in the propagator too long. They should come out as soon as they germinate.

I don't know how you're going to keep them inside from October until the last frost is past!

If I were you I'd stick some aluminium foil behind the plants to reflect the light.