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Author Message   Meig  My Weather My Time Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 07:41 pm EST :    Can someone give me the Idiot's Guide to Pinching to encourage lateral growth? I have a bunch of Group 2s that I just planted last summer and they are basically just one long vine with a couple of side shoots here and there. I don't want to end up with a scraggly looking plant, so when and where should I pinch? I have Toomey's books and read her info, but I am still managing to be confused. Thanks much. Illinois 5a   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 04:25 am EST :    Many people do an early spring prune to ALL clematis (to about 12") in their first year or two to encourage a nicely formed plant. Others can't stand the delay in terms of blooms. Some people I know buy 3 plants and plant them 18" or so apart to achieve a bushier effect sooner. Other folks prune only a few stems, maybe half of them, so as to get both early and late blooms. I don't pinch, I use secateurs. Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Karalyn  My Weather Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 09:59 am EST :    Bug, what are secateurs? Karalyn Idaho Zone 6   Ton_hannink  My Garden Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 10:06 am EST :    An other good method is layering the shoots. So you get more plants together. It is an easy method. Ton_hannink The Netherlands   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 10:22 am EST :    For secateurs, look here: http://www.birstall.co.uk/cgi-bin/Shop.cgi?Store=www.birstall.co.uk&Action=felco.htm Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Ingwe4  My Favorite Photo Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 10:47 am EST :    To pinch or not to pinch, that is the question! I prune my clematis in April. After a few weeks I remove the tops of the new growth with my finger tips, and continue to do so if I remember it, that is pinching-out. It can be very cold here in Sweden so the last two years the winter cold has done the pruning for me and all my clematis are treated like group 3 clematis..... Ingmarie Sweden Zone 1

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