Re: Pinching
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Pinching
- From: N* S*
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:30:21 -0800
>Does anyone practice pinching? Is there any flowers left off the list that
>would also be good canidates? What date would a person stop pinching, I
>suppose it's different for each plant. Any thoughts about this out there
Kris -- I pinch all the time! Anytime I see an herbaceous or woody plant
that is getting leggier than I like it to be or seems to be growing a bit
lopsided, I pinch the new growth out of the tips. I do it by instinct,
during the growing season. I don't see any point in pinching back a
dormant plant. After all, when you pinch a plant, you force the plant to
put its "energy" into growing from a different tip, so to speak. So if
there are several "too long" shoots or branches, pinch them all.
By the way, be sure you pinch the newly emerging leaves, NOT the flowers.
Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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