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Lafko06
| | Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 12:35 am EST : |   
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Hello room,
Is it necessary to deadhead this plant? I did not Deadhead last year and the plants tripled in size. In fact, I have to extend the garden and split the plants to make room. Does deadheading stop them from growing this rapidly? I like the plants very much, but I don't want to keep spreading the garden each year!!!!
Lafko06
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5"
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Plantynut
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| | Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 08:28 am EST : |
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Margaret this plant reseeds quite freely so new plants will pop up all over unless you remove spent blooms before they drop seeds. I dent to leave mine alone and if one pops up where I don't want it I just yank it out. Or share with a friend.
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
Lafko06
| | Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 01:40 pm EST : |
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Geez, that's a great idea... I never thought of it. Instead of extending the bed, I think I will split the plants and give them away. I have been gardening for 5 years, but the first 3 I was clueless and were strictly experimental (testing whether sun plants would live in shade, overcrowding, top watering roses, never deadheading anything, not planning any design ideas, etc.). This June was my first anniversary in the new house and it had absolutely NO plants or bushes except the surrounding woods and grass. So I have been really careful not to screw up, and to plan, and to research. I'm pretty happy with the outcome and have surprised myself with how I've done. Still, it's nervewracking not wanting to kill any more plants, lol. Nothing like my experimental days. Anyway, gb's.com is a helpful site and I also enjoy the www.diynetwork.com (Do It Yourself Network's site) in the Gardening Forum. You all seem a lot more experienced than the folks in there, so it may be too elementary for you. I thought I'd share it in case any one is interested in checking it out. Thanks again.
Lafko06
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5"
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Galanthophile
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| | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 05:47 am EST : |
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Hi, you'll have to tell us more about your garden. I think we all learn more from our failures! I don't have a specific rule for deadheading as I like to leave some flowers to go to seed but anything very prolific is always worth snipping to keep the plant in check and this often spurs it on to produce more flowers.
Galanthophile
- Ann (Northern England),
Zone "8"
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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 01:12 am EST : |
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I could never bring myself to deadhead them. The goldfinches love them too much, and it's such a joy seeing them on the flowers. I do remove the old stalks by autumn or so. Mulching is a possible alternative to deadheading if you don't want seedlings.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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