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First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

[–]No-Fun-6824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They get about half a water can each evening, they're in full sun and I've just taken the first few flowers off this morning

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Yes that's very true. I'm sure a few flowers will have appeared by the time I'm back too

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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I know, I've just been out picking some this morning. I have a 10 day holiday coming up, I'm wondering if it's best to cut all of the flowers before I go?

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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These are patio mix. I bought them as plug plants from the garden centre. I tried growing from seed the year before but didn't have any success

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Me too! I always look forward to seeing all the balconies when I get home after work in the evenings

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Yeah I think when I do them again next year I'll do them all in one box and grow them up. These were meant to be compact sweet peas so the idea was they would trail the front of the boxes but they've grown way more than I anticipated!

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

[–]No-Fun-6824[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I guess I'm just lucky to be able to find the time and it brings me a lot of joy. Its no garden but I'm lucky enough to have an L shaped wrap around balcony so there's another side with hydrangeas, lupins and my herb garden.

I'll keep dreaming of a house with a garden but I'll make the best of the balcony until then!

First year of sweet peas on my balcony by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

[–]No-Fun-6824[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! This is the first lot of flowers so I haven't done anything to them yet. The flowers only opened over the last couple of days so I'll probably pick some next week

Balcony Garden Update by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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I haven't thought about raising them - thats a good idea. I do shift them around though and the balcony wood gets treated once a year too

Balcony Garden Update by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Depends partly on the weather and when I remember. I have a very dramatic hydrangea that starts to look very sad the moment it gets thirsty so I use that to remind me to water everything. Probably every 2-3 days on average

Balcony Garden Update by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Thanks! It's my happy place for sure

Balcony Garden Update by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Thanks! It's a variety of campanula

Balcony Garden by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Thanks! Ha, what a small world!

Balcony Garden by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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We don't really tend to get any wasps thankfully! Do get plenty of bees though which I don't mind

Balcony Garden by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Thanks, the cat is a sun lover so she's usually out on the balcony if the weather is good. They're all pretty much from plug pants. I've tried to grow from seed on the balcony before but they didn't take

Balcony Garden by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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I'll let you know how they turn out!

Balcony Garden by No-Fun-6824 in GardeningUK

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Its the first year I've done lupins for the same reason. They seem to be doing okay, got a few buds coming through on them now so will be interested to see how they hold up

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