I asked a few weeks ago about growing sweet peas up strings beside the
wall of my house. They are growing pretty nicely -- about 2 feet tall now.

Two questions:
(1) Not wanting to throw any away (I guess I need to get over this),
there seem to be too many plants for the space. The greenery is quite
dense now. Should I pull some of them out? Can you point me to a
picture of what a nice set of climbers should look like?

(2) No sign of blossoms yet -- when do they start?

On 10/6/06 10:02, in article e6e1rb$5qk$1 [at] news.freedom2surf.net, "Rob
Barrett" <fumanchu314159265 [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> I asked a few weeks ago about growing sweet peas up strings beside the
> wall of my house. They are growing pretty nicely -- about 2 feet tall now.
>
> Two questions:
> (1) Not wanting to throw any away (I guess I need to get over this),
> there seem to be too many plants for the space. The greenery is quite
> dense now. Should I pull some of them out? Can you point me to a
> picture of what a nice set of climbers should look like?
>
> (2) No sign of blossoms yet -- when do they start?

http://www.sweetpeas.org.uk/

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)

http://www.eaglesweetpeas.co.uk/

They will no doubt be at Gardeners World Live again this year.

Personally I grow them just for cutting and dont thin them, but when they
have about 3 pairs of leaves I nip the top out to make them bush, this gives
3 or more shoots per plant. My wife prefers masses of flowers rather than a
few large ones.

Regards
Cineman
They can get to 3 to 4 foot before flowering



"Rob Barrett" <fumanchu314159265 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e6e1rb$5qk$1 [at] news.freedom2surf.net...
>I asked a few weeks ago about growing sweet peas up strings beside the wall
>of my house. They are growing pretty nicely -- about 2 feet tall now.
>
> Two questions:
> (1) Not wanting to throw any away (I guess I need to get over this), there
> seem to be too many plants for the space. The greenery is quite dense
> now. Should I pull some of them out? Can you point me to a picture of
> what a nice set of climbers should look like?
>
> (2) No sign of blossoms yet -- when do they start?

I plant them 6 to 8 inches apart. You can remove side shoots and tendrils to
get the longest flower stems.
Letting them bush completely can be counter productive as they form masses
of very short stemmed blooms which are of limited value for cutting.
Regards
David T
"cineman" <oldwifey [at] midlands.dontwanadoo48.com> wrote in message
news:33Iig.341258$tc.163178 [at] fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> http://www.eaglesweetpeas.co.uk/
>
> They will no doubt be at Gardeners World Live again this year.
>
> Personally I grow them just for cutting and dont thin them, but when they
> have about 3 pairs of leaves I nip the top out to make them bush, this
> gives 3 or more shoots per plant. My wife prefers masses of flowers
> rather than a few large ones.
>
> Regards
> Cineman
> They can get to 3 to 4 foot before flowering
>
>
>
> "Rob Barrett" <fumanchu314159265 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e6e1rb$5qk$1 [at] news.freedom2surf.net...
>>I asked a few weeks ago about growing sweet peas up strings beside the
>>wall of my house. They are growing pretty nicely -- about 2 feet tall
>>now.
>>
>> Two questions:
>> (1) Not wanting to throw any away (I guess I need to get over this),
>> there seem to be too many plants for the space. The greenery is quite
>> dense now. Should I pull some of them out? Can you point me to a
>> picture of what a nice set of climbers should look like?
>>
>> (2) No sign of blossoms yet -- when do they start?
>
>