{"id":7238,"date":"2012-06-14T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:16:40","slug":"averting-disaster-with-sweet-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/06\/averting-disaster-with-sweet-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Averting A Disaster with Sweet Peas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week our night time temperatures dropped to 30 deg. F, and then jumped to 80 deg. F during the day. I feel that this caused the yellowing of the first set of buds, and the resulting bud drop, as just as fast as the symptoms started, they have ended. New buds appear to be emerging and elongating without yellowing. Yay! My fingers are still triple-crossed, as I am hosting a party in two weeks to celebrate the blooming of these sweet peas, but so far, it seems that I might have skirted this first bout with disease or fungus breakouts, so common with cordon-grown sweet peas. The plants that I am growing more naturally, as bushes, un-pruned and in cages, are not affected, it appears, which I am learning from my books, is also common. Any of you sweet pea experts out there, please share your thoughts based on these photos, but I am again hopeful that I might have some sweet peas in two weeks – the long range weather forecast has switched to be more consistent, but we have been blessed with perfect, cool and moist spring weather this June – a gamble that I took three months ago when I decided to try growing the perfect poppies, sweet peas and stock – all lovers of typical English weather – foggy, cool and damp.<\/p>\n
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YELLOWING BUDS RESULTING IN BUD DROP ON MY SWEET PEAS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n
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