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Wessex Wellies wrote (see)

Still raining !

 

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Shrinking Violet wrote (see)

 I felt sorry for everyone watching the pageant in London yesterday - we had a bit of rain late afternoon, but nothing like the soaking in the capital.

Oh yes, I think the memory of those poor girls & guys valiantly belting out Land of Hope & Glory at the end, will live with us forever.

Autumn sown sweet peas

gardengirl - these are my autumn sown sweet peas just before planting out:

 I'm sure you would agree, they are very healthy & compact plants.

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It's not rained here like this since April! 

Autumn sown sweet peas

David K wrote (see)

This is a vase of picotees, cut during last week's warm weather.

Click on the picture to enlarge it, gives a better view.

Autumn sown sweet peas

This is a vase of picotees, cut during last week's warm weather.

Autumn sown sweet peas

Can I just say by way of indicating just how hardy sweet pea seedlings are....even if they are frozen in their pots and lying prostrate, they will soon recover when temperatures move above freezing again. Just be very careful with watering during very cold snaps, they don't like their roots encased in a block of ice.

I always say the one golden rule of successful sweet pea growing is 'DON'T CODDLE'.

Autumn sown sweet peas

Cath - sweet peas are very deep rooted and the fact yours are grown in troughs may account for the loss of lower leaves....of course the depth of the troughs will be influencing factor.

For myself, I grow them in the open ground that has been deeply dug & enriched with well rotted manure.

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Pass!!

Autumn sown sweet peas

ladygardener2 wrote (see)

I always sow in the autumn and am picking the first lot of flowers now. I sow in late winter/early spring too 'tho and this gives me flowers right through to autumn.

That's a sound plan, ladygardener....Autumn sown sweet peas are often over (depending on the weather) by mid-August, while spring sown seed will carry on producing flowers until October.

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