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Mon, Feb 21, 11 at 18:24
| HI. :) I couldnt' set up my grow light system this year so have cosmos seeds growing in the window and they're definitely on the long, leggy side (blech)
Will I will be able to remedy this at all by pinching off leaves later to improve bushiness or will that not really do much because the stem is already long? |
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- Posted by started_with_bean Zone 5--MA (My Page) on Wed, Feb 23, 11 at 8:13
| My father did that last year, and they never recovered. The ones that self seeded started later but did much better and got fairly huge! It'll be a while before you can put them into the ground, so I would write them off and start another set of seeds, no earlier than 4 weeks prior to planting out. |
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- Posted by crackingtheconcrete 7A(NY) (My Page) on Wed, Feb 23, 11 at 13:08
| Thanks swb! :) It's interesting b/c the zinnias and alyssum that I started in the same tray/same window are compact and growing well! I'll resow cosmos outside when it gets warm. |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 23, 11 at 13:58
| I had two cosmos in each of two pots, otherwise identical. I pinched one plant in each pot and the cosmos I pinched both died, slowly. |
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