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disbudding new coneflowers???
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pink_petals z6 PA (
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Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 19:51
| I just bought 2 new coneflowers--Tiki torch and Kim's Red Knee high. They are loaded with flower buds. I was so thrilled about that--until I read an article--I believe its author was someone from the Terra Nova Nurseries--that said you should remove all the flower buds when you first plant coneflowers so that the energy will go toward forming a healthy root system rather than producing flowers!!! WAAAA!!!! Will those of you who sucessfully grow coneflowers please tell me if you take all the buds off???? |
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RE: disbudding new coneflowers???
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| I never do it and I have yet to lose one. Even the new weakling varieties. However if you have that problem then maybe you should |
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| nevermore--I think the pots are about a 2 or 3 quart size. The plants are between 14 and 18" tall. |
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| In my experience with Echinacea, when you do disbud, the plant goes into hyperdrive to produce more flowers. You could always allow it to bloom and remove the spent blooms quickly. You also have a great opportunity to experiment. I would plant one and leave it alone and enjoy the flowers and disbud the other one and plant and see if you get better results with one method over the other. |
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| I believe that terra nova article (and others) are for plants that are not to far out of the plug stage. So you should be fine to let yours bloom. The only exception to that is if the plants you purchased have only a single growth point coming out of the soil. Regardless of how bushy, healthy, and floriferous that single stem is... I would advise, besides to always check the plant before you buy one of the new echs, is to cut all the blooms in order to try and force the plant to add more basal growth points before the end of the season. The single stem plants will never make it through winter. Certain varieties seem more apt to have this issue. |
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| I do disbud many perennials and all clematis before planting them but I often will keep them in their pots and enjoy the flowers before cutting them back. |
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