Mani ji: start your seeds indoor by starting them off by soaking in warm water ( just a little) the seeds for a few hours or overnit... if purchased from reputable dealer will have fungicide treatment and helpful bacteria therapy mixed in or coated so the warm water should be Babymilk warm, and little so that the same water can be added to the soil in your planter later that day... after you plant your seeds
soak for a few hours, , plant in well draining soil (soil : sand: leaf compost: coir dust : processed cow manure... in this proportion: 4: 1: 1: 1: few teaspoons... and of this mixture... take about a teaspoon put in a glass of water mix, let settle and check pH... should be around 6.5.... if too far off adjust accordingly... let this plant soil stand for few day wet it thoroughly ... then plant three seeds per hole...add the water saved early in the day... when the first few sets of leaves emerge... thin to two, replant the third in some other pot with the same soil mix... make a trellis if in a pot and balcony... pinch to let it be bushy, short and the flowers develop at the tip... so if many tips...obvious results... NOW IS THE TIME... SO THAT WHEN DECEMBER ROLLs around it would be cool nites so that the buds will set... In India I find Sutton seeds carries good quality sweet pea (lathyrus ) seeds... never eat its resulting seeds... laythriasis results.... sutton seeds may even be treated for growing with fungicides and inquire about the nitrogen fixing bacteria... called sweet pea because of NOT TASTE but the SWEET SMELL in the morning... regardless ... at the end you 'll have better soil than you started with... I did this a few years ago in Kolkata winter here and my Mom used to have great good luck growing them in winters in Kol... Good luck..... let me know how you fare at this... You perhaps know all this already... if you do, then pardon my lecture... otherwise these are useful tips for anybody, I learned from the teachers at nybg... and Cornell extension offices.. Usha di =============== On Nov 11, 11:12 pm, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > beautiful flowers. I tried growing this plant in Mumbai, but failed, > I think it requires a cool climate for flowering. > Regards, > Mani Nair > > On 11/11/11, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Nice Catch Sir > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Lathyrus odoratus L., Sp. pl. 2:732. 1753 > >> Common name: Sweet pea > > >> Cultivated climbing herb with winged stem; leaves with one pair of > >> elliptic > >> 5 cm long leaflets, rachis ending in tendril; flowers fragrant in many > >> colours, about 4-5 cm long, 1-4 together on a long peduncle; fruit 4-5 cm > >> long, pubescent. > >> Photographed from Kashmir > > >> -- > >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> Retired Associate Professor > >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >>http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
