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Transplanting the Sweet Peas

Posted on the 22 March 2014 by Mwillis
I have moved the first batch of Sweet Peas into their final homes now. I had 16 plants, so I distributed them evenly into two large plastic flowerpots filled with compost:
Transplanting the Sweet Peas
Each pot has 6 bamboo canes for the plants to grow up, secured at the top with these:
Transplanting the Sweet Peas
I'm not sure whether the peas will be able to grip the canes. I may have to give them some help with bits of soft string.
At present the pots are right next to the sliding door from our Living Room, but later on, when there is space to do so I plan to move them to the patio, where they will get more sun.
Transplanting the Sweet Peas
My plan is to pinch out the tips of the plants when they reach the tops of the canes, so that they become really bushy and hopefully produce lots of flower-stems. That's a few weeks away though.As you can see, the little "Tete a Tete" daffodils are over now, though the "Soleils d'Or" have a few more days still. I have arranged the pots of Daffs as a sort of screen around the Sweet Peas, to hide them a bit from the marauding foxes who are bound to want to snuffle around in the fresh compost in the hope of finding some worms.

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