Deadhead, deadhead, deadhead
- To: perennial list
- Subject: Deadhead, deadhead, deadhead
- From: j* l*
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:08:38 -0800 (PST)
Hi there,
Recently I wrote frustrated over the fact that My self
sowing perennials had forgotten to sow. Janis wrote,
suggesting that maybe it was cultivation practices and
mulching. I think to a big extent she is absolutely
right but I also have another idea.
I pondered what you wrote, Janis, and looked back on my
deadheading routine last summer. Being a newbie
gardener, I deadheaded as religiously as I apply a
deodorant. Every single book I read said that if you
want to have a second bloom from your plants, you have
to deadhead them, which I did. When the second bloom
came, I let it go to seed so that it would self-sow and
I would have lots of little Columbines, poppies,
foxgloves, etc.
Do you think it's possible that the seeds from a second
bloom are not as "potent" as the seeds from a first
bloom? I have no idea what kind of hanky-panky goes on
in my garden after the sun goes down..I suggested once
last summer that it was a veritable hotbed of carnal
delight out there because the soil was so juicy and
fertile after all the emendments I added. I am not a
voyeur, inquiring into the sexlife of my
foxgloves..frankly, it's none of my business but I have
the feeling that the second bloom seeds just didn't
have the oomph it takes to reproduce. What do you all
think?
Jeanne
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Jeanne
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