[mike0001]

little girl again with her sweet peas, no luck yet on peppers and chillis

sweet peas doing not very well 

[shoozie]

sweet peas doing well

They look very drawn Mike to be honest - hope this is just one experiment of many so she isn't disappointed

[DD.]

Don't know where you've got them, Mike, but if you're after viable plants, they need to be somewhere lighter and cooler by the looks of it. In reasonably mild areas, they can be grown over winter in greenhouses or cold frames with no heating at all.

If I'm to be honest, I think a lot are beyond salvation, but try giving them more light and less heat and pinch the tops out to encourage side shoots to grow.

[Sweetpea C]

little girl again with her sweet peas, no luck yet on peppers and chillis

sweet peas doing well

Agree the sweetpeas have had it (i made the same mistake a few years ago)but I am loving the pink plant labels 

[DD.]

Agree the sweetpeas have had it

That's a bit more straight to the point than I put it, but, yes!

[mike0001]

still plenty of time for more .... what do you mean by pinch top out ?

[DD.]

Have a look at this, about half-way down, under pruning & training:

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=464

[mike0001]

thanks very handy... learning process for me and lots to learn 

[New shoot]

So long as you don't tell children things are going wrong, they don't tend to worry about it.  Prune the sweet peas down and plant up a few more seeds.  Any flowers that eventually appear will thrill your little girl 

[Sweetpea C]

Sorry, a bit blunt of me. If you can get to Hinckley then I have a lot on the go which I will gladly donate to you and your daughter. It's not too late to put some more in   :blink:

[mike0001]

thats ok....    half the fun is learning as you go

[Sweetpea C]

I only know because I did exactly the same, thought they were doing well and then they went all long and leggy and then died.....! So, if you inbox me your address I have some of seeds that I will send you ...and I'm going to ask my daughter onto the pink plant labels, love them!

[mike0001]

the pink plant lables  are actually lolly pop sticks which you can buy in stationery shops or the pound shops, you get loads

we got a large pack of about 80 some pink yellow and green, just something different

[mumofstig]

Well - I have a £10 T&M voucher and it's p&p free atm so I guess I better get ordering 

[New shoot]

Well - I have a £10 T&M voucher and it's p&p free atm so I guess I better get ordering 

Would be rude not to   

Flowers or veg ?