Short Stemmed Sweet Peas
I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a
coldframe, then plant out in spring. My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice and long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help TIA Chris |
Christine Rowe wrote:
I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a coldframe, then plant out in spring. My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice and long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help TIA Chris If you want long stemmed sweet peas then you need to pinch out the young plant, then select the strongest shoot and remove all others. Continue to do this throughout the season so you have a single stemmed plant. this will produce good long stemmed flowers. The negative side (there is always one) is there will be far less flowers per plant than otherwise. |
Broadback wrote in message ... Christine Rowe wrote: I grow "Spencer Sweet Peas", I sow them in September ,overwinter in a coldframe, then plant out in spring. My problem is this, when they first start to flower the stems are nice and long, ideal for cutting but after a week or so the stems start getting really short, can anyone advise me, I would be grateful for any help TIA Chris If you want long stemmed sweet peas then you need to pinch out the young plant, then select the strongest shoot and remove all others. Continue to do this throughout the season so you have a single stemmed plant. this will produce good long stemmed flowers. The negative side (there is always one) is there will be far less flowers per plant than otherwise. I've also heard that removing the tendrils is similarly successful. This would have the advantage of keeping the original quantity of flowers. No doubt, if I'm wrong, someone will kindly correct me. Spider |
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