Re: CULT: Rebloomers


From: John I Jones <nospam@mallorn.com>

Marte Halleck wrote:
> 
> Please describe how you "deadhead" your rebloomers. Also, do you snap
> off the bloomstalks down close to the plant's crown, the way you would
> normally do with oncers after all the buds have finished blooming? If
> so, when is it "safe" to do this with rebloomers?

Marte,

I break off the stalks of my rebloomers just like I do on my oncers. No reason
not to. That bloomstalk is finished. The rz will put out new increases that
will be the source of the new bloomstalks when it reblooms.

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