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To pinch sweet pea plants, wait until they are 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm.) high. Take the growing tip between your forefinger and thumbnail and snip the growing tip off using your nail as your blade. Pinching out sweet peas will force the plant hormones called auxins to move to the side or auxiliary tips.
- Do you pinch out the top of sweet peas?
- Do peas need pinching out?
- How do you make sweet pea support?
- What is the best support for sweet peas?
- How many times should you pinch out sweet peas?
- Why are there no flowers on my sweet peas?
- What month do sweet peas flower?
- Why are my sweet peas leggy?
- What is the best fertilizer for peas?
- What can you not plant with peas?
- What month do you plant peas?
Do you pinch out the top of sweet peas?
As your seedlings grow they'll start to become tall and leggy. Encourage them to produce side shoots by pinching out the tips of the plant. Simply nip off the top of the stem with your fingers, just above a set of leaves. This will make each plant much bushier and more robust.
Do peas need pinching out?
It is possible to dwarf any pea plant by pinching out the main shoot when the plant is about 20cm high and allowing it to branch. Tall main crops, particularly the older varieties, can reach more than two metres (7ft) and thus need supports.
How do you make sweet pea support?
Growing Sweet Peas on Supports
Tying them in with pieces of soft garden twine keeps the stems from falling down and breaking. As for supports, I've seen gardeners growing sweet peas on ordinary garden pea netting, on lattices, on wigwams, up trellises, and over willow arches.
What is the best support for sweet peas?
Planting out sweet peas
You can buy sweet pea plug plants in spring. Plant them in fertile soil beneath a support, such as a wigwam made of bamboo canes. Most sweet peas will grow to about 2m in height. Water in well until they've put on good growth.
How many times should you pinch out sweet peas?
Pinch out the leader – the growing tip – when there are three or four pairs already grown. Just squeeze it off between your finger and thumb, reducing the plant to one to two inches in height.
Why are there no flowers on my sweet peas?
If your plants aren't flowering, it could be that they are not getting enough light (they need a minimum of 8 to 10 hours a day, but preferably nearer to 16 hours). ... Lack of flowers can also sometimes be a result of too much nitrogen fertiliser, which produces tall, leafy plants but no flowers.
What month do sweet peas flower?
Spring-sown sweet peas flower in 12-14 weeks.
Why are my sweet peas leggy?
They are too warm and aren't getting enough light - they will do much better outside, but as they've been indoors so far they will need a bit of shelter out there until they harden off. Have you got a cold greenhouse or cold frame they can go in? Pinching out the tips is a good idea.
What is the best fertilizer for peas?
Peas grow best in soil with a pH between 6 and 7.5. Use well-rotted manure or compost at planting. Continuous use of high phosphorus fertilizer such as 10-10-10 or 15-30-15, or high rates of manure or manure compost results in phosphorus buildup in the soil.
What can you not plant with peas?
Plants to Avoid Planting Near Peas
- Onions.
- Garlic.
- Leeks.
- Shallots.
- Scallions.
- Chives.
What month do you plant peas?
The key to growing peas is to plant them early enough in spring so they mature while the weather is still cool. This means planting in February, March, or April in most parts of the United States and Canada.
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