can you grow sweet peas up a cane or is it netting / mesh preferred
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I always grow them up a cane framework but you do have to use rings (I make my own) to get them started. I guess with netting you could leave them to get on with it but not sure if you could reclaim the netting.
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It all depends on what you expect from your plants. If you want the beautiful long stemmed flowers, loved by flower arrangers, then you will have to grow them trained up canes. Fix the stems to cane with rings as they grow upwards, limit the stems to not more than three per cane, pinch out tendrils and grow the plants about 12-18" apart. If your not so fussy then netting is just fine and they will make an attractive feature.
Love their fragrance.
John
It all depends on what you expect from your plants. If you want the beautiful long stemmed flowers, loved by flower arrangers, then you will have to grow them trained up canes. Fix the stems to cane with rings as they grow upwards, limit the stems to not more than three per cane, pinch out tendrils and grow the plants about 12-18" apart. If your not so fussy then netting is just fine and they will make an attractive feature.
Love their fragrance.
John
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Additional to John's informative answer. If your sweet peas reach the top of the canes, unwind them, lay them along the ground (even going round the end of the line of canes), then send them up the canes again helped on their way by rings.
Cheers, Tony.
Cheers, Tony.
Compo
you might want to take a look at what this guy is doing
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/April- ... guide.html
you'll need to scroll a good way down the page to 21st April..
he has the usual A-frame - but hangs chicken wire down for his peas to grow up.
looks interesting - I might give it a try too.
you might want to take a look at what this guy is doing
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/April- ... guide.html
you'll need to scroll a good way down the page to 21st April..
he has the usual A-frame - but hangs chicken wire down for his peas to grow up.
looks interesting - I might give it a try too.