Sacha wrote:
On 29/3/07 17:47, in article
, "Alan Jones"
wrote:

Advice, please! I am about to buy sweet pea plants. There seem to
be about five little plants in each pot. Should I plant the whole
contents of each pot "as is", or separate out the five little plants
and put them in individually? I have seen advice in Amateur
Gardening to separate them, but some seed packets advise treating
each pot of seedlings as a unit. What works best?

We sell ours about 10 plants to a pot (a 'long tom') and suggest
planting them as a unit. Perhaps you could put them in the middle of
a wigwam of canes or, even better, pea sticks and let them find their
way up with just a little help from you. If you try to separate
them, you might damage the roots which will be quite entangled.

Many thanks to you and the other members who replied. I will put each potful
of seedlings in as a clump.

Alan Jones