[Hawkins]

Is anyone else jealous of the pictures DD puts up on the site or is it just me.

[Paul Plots]

Is anyone else jealous of the pictures DD puts up on the site or is it just me.

Lovely blooms.... shame there's no scent - looks as if there ought to be though 

[chris23005]

I now have one flower on my PEAS .......... but the sweet peas still remain small and flowerless 

[Debz]

Mine are about 12 inches tall and lovely and green.  Just waiting for flower buds to come.

[mumofstig]

Is anyone else jealous of the pictures DD puts up on the site or is it just me.

Lovely blooms.... shame there's no scent - looks as if there ought to be though 

I think I'll try growing scented ones through some perennial ones, like DD's......at least that way I would get some reliable early flowers that look good on the trellis

[tosca100]

I can't remember what variety our sweet peas are, I think they are a heritage variety (pup ate the labels to those too!) small flowers but heavenly scent. Still not many though.

[1st time veg grower]

I managed to pick the grand total of two flowers today!

[chris23005]

Someone I was talking to today suggested that my sweet peas are planted in the wrong place - i.e. too sunny and hot!!! It is quite possible - but as we have only just recently moved here I didn't really know which bits would get REALLY hot, and it is a bit desert like where they are.

Do you think it is worth me moving them to a shadier place which gets sun for only part of the day? Or is it now too late? They are still quite small.

[rock_chick]

Mine are in full sun, and I've got lots of flowers - I'm now giving them away, as I'm running out of vases and jars! Just make sure they don't dry out.

[Hey Jude]

Chris, I wouldn't move them if I were you, I think with this warm weather you may just finish them off. They do love loads of water (and I mean loads), so give them a really good drowning - leave the hose on them for a good half hour or so and a feed once a week should really help when they start flowering. This year I threw tons of rotted manure and green kitchen waste into the bed during early spring as you might do with a runner bean trench, it's now paying dividends - I'm still watering but only once a week. In the past week they've really taken off, and since Monday I've picked a really good sized bunch each day. Stick with them Chris, they're sooooo worth it!

[chris23005]

Hmmmm, they have been watered with the hose every night in this weather. Maybe the soil there is just too poor for them. I will know what to do for next year anyway!!! In the meantime I will leave them where they are and hope for the best!

[Paul Plots]

Is anyone else jealous of the pictures DD puts up on the site or is it just me.

Lovely blooms.... shame there's no scent - looks as if there ought to be though 

I think I'll try growing scented ones through some perennial ones, like DD's......at least that way I would get some reliable early flowers that look good on the trellis

We had some that came up year after year in a wide border.... took us years to persuade them that they were in the wrong place! 

[mumofstig]

We had some that came up year after year in a wide border.... took us years to persuade them that they were in the wrong place! 

if they are nigh on indestructable............then they sound just the right sort of plants for me

[philskin]

heres some of ours i posted before i saw this sweet pea thread sorry but here i go again

 

 

 

  this is the length of our fence about 30ft and 8ft high hoping its a good show this year

 

[chris23005]

heres some of ours i posted before i saw this sweet pea thread sorry but here i go again

 

 

 

  this is the length of our fence about 30ft and 8ft high hoping its a good show this year

 

Sobs and hammers fists furiously on desk ............................... where is a "green with envy" smiley when you want one?