Re: echinacea

**S* W* <g*@gmail.com>**

If you have woodchucks who eat echinaceas to the ground it doesn't
matter...Fence them off? Nothing has worked for me - radio sound, water
spray..however I do not have a dog...

Sally

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Doreen Howard <gardendiva@charter.net>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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