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Re: echinacea

Why would we ask consumers to do that? Awfully process oriented. Would the advice be the same if the plant was a two or three year old specimen in a gallon pot?
jems



On Aug 12, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:

Good advice from Tony Avent in Helen Yost's blog.  I'll take it a step 
further.

I, too, lost my echinacea until I had this conversation with Dan Heims, who 
clones numerous echinacea for market.

He told me to remove all flower buds, don't let them flower or grow stalks, 
for the first year in the ground.  The plant puts its energy into growing an 
extensive root system.  I also mulch my new coneflowers with at least six 
inches of shredded leaves in the fall, because our winters will produce -28F 
to -30F nights and usually a January thaw.  Echinacea planted this way 
thrive in my garden.
Doreen Howard

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