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Post by chrism on Jul 30, 2018 19:17:13 GMT
I’ve had a recent bout out transparent patches on leaves. Not knowing what to do, I just took the affected leaves off. Some mildew as well, despite frequent watering. It’s an extreme summer though, and I’m still getting plenty of flowers, which is the main thing. Tomorrow, I’ll be feeding them, as I suspect I’m not doing it frequently enough, as I’ve only been feeding them weekly recently.
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 30, 2018 22:32:30 GMT
I’ve had a recent bout out transparent patches on leaves. Not knowing what to do, I just took the affected leaves off. Some mildew as well, despite frequent watering. It’s an extreme summer though, and I’m still getting plenty of flowers, which is the main thing. Tomorrow, I’ll be feeding them, as I suspect I’m not doing it frequently enough, as I’ve only been feeding them weekly recently. Believe me you will never be able to water enough when the weather has been like it is. The stems shorten and mildew can occur but as soon as the rains come they will recover. At least that has been my experience. Also, I NEVER feed my sweetpeas as when preparing the ground all the nutrient they neede is incorporated. The only exception to what I just said is an occasional spray with liquid seaweed or if you can get it soot water. |
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Post by chrism on Jul 31, 2018 17:06:27 GMT
Thanks for that as ever, sweetpea. I didn’t prepare the soil before planting the plugs! New to all this. I plan to spend spring forking in compost, and mulching with bark. I’ll come back to you sometime about the best way to train them, as I just grew them upwards this year...  |
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 31, 2018 21:03:32 GMT
For your best SPs start your seeds in October and overwinter planting out in the spring.
Nothing wrong with growing 'Bush' or natural. just try and stop them going to seed for continual flowering.
The other method of course is 'Cordon' growing which is mainly for the exhibitors but not exclusively so.
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