season 2015 started

[Cherry]

Brilliant scrumpy. My daughter is requesting Sweet Peas for the flowers on her wedding table. She always remembers mine and the smell.

[scrumpy]

My daughter has requested sweet peas and dahlias for hers July next year. Should be OK for the peas, practising on the dahlias.

[Tel]

Jun 30, 2015 17:46:11 GMT scrumpy said:

My daughter has requested sweet peas and dahlias for hers July next year. Should be OK for the peas, practising on the dahlias.

I am sure you will have the dahlia's for July scrumpy, not sure about you and sweetpeas though, maybe a order with the local florist for those.

[robh]

i didn,t know sweat peas were so viberant think i will have a go at5 them next year where is the best place to get them and what time of year is the best do you purchase them as seeds or plants tbh ive never realy looked in the lgc for them before and when do u set them away noticed some of the guys set them away oct /nov and are they prone to frost

[scrumpy]

Roger Parsons, Kertons, Eagle, Owls Acre to get seeds.
They love the frost.
I'm starting mine 1st January next year.
They've been a pain the buttocks this year.

[Moonlight]

Has the 2016 season started for you all now?

[Cherry]

That's right Moonlight. scrumpy started the new growing year on 4th October with some beautiful photos. Would you care to do the same again for 2016 Scrumpy?

[Moonlight]

Yes please. Have questions but wanted to wait.

[scrumpy]

I'll be starting them off January 1st this year.
But yes, the season has started thanks to the local badgers !!!
Where I grew them down the allotment, said badgers have taken quite a fancy to the beds I grew them in, so I'm making new beds and leaving the old area alone so they can dig and poo away to their hearts content.

Then at home, I'll be changing the soil where I'm growing them. Been growing in the same soil for 10 years, so I reckon it's time for a change. So when I get the dahlias up, I'll be replacing the soil from the sweet pea beds with that from the dahlia beds.

[Cherry]

Well don't tell us here scrumpy. Start your thread like you did last year. You made a great start to the new growing year. Badger disturbance might be a bit different, but certainly memorable.

[ian]

I regretfully have to inform you that Roy Barlow died suddenly on Monday. Roy was a member of the Grey Mare dahlia society and a member of the National dahlia Society and many others. He competed at National level with his Dahlias & Sweet pea’s which he won many awards for.
R I P Roy

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Sweetpea, Scrumpy. Is there a no-nonsense way of growing half decent Sweetpea blooms. I generally stop them, allow 2 sideshoots to develop and just let them grow up a 6 foot net. Got some nice ones last year but didn't get me any cards. Thanks in advance.

[scrumpy]

One side shoot only. Grow up 8 foot canes in double rows 12 inches apart. Plant 8 inches apart in rows. Tie in every 6 inches. Keep well watered. When 6 foot tall and still growing strong layer them. Cards will follow

[Deleted]

Thanks Scrumpy, appreciate the tips. Will try them on one sideshoot. It's a time consuming business growing class sweetpeas for definite! I'm always impressed when I see them at shows.

[scrumpy]

For my 150 plants it's an hour a day when they are growing rapidly.