“Dead” Your Flowers so That They Bloom All Season
There are many plant maintenance methods that help growers generate more profit, such as electrical wiring and green mesh screens that help plants grow taller and get more sunlight. And, of course, there is pruning, which involves trimming the plant to the correct size to promote new, fuller growth. But a similar process is called “pruning,” and it uses pruning to stimulate more intense (and longer) blooming of flowers. Here’s how to prune flowers for better flowering.
What is a dead headline?
When a plant is in bloom, it uses a tremendous amount of energy to produce seeds and less on new leaves to bloom again. Pruning removes dying (or dead) flowers and seed pods to redirect the energy of the plants and focus on fresh buds. Removing expired pods signals the plant to produce more leaves and flowers this season.
What flowers to commit suicide and when to do it
Pruning seeds is best for annual flowers because they bloom once a year and then need to be replanted the next season. Pruning puffins will help them bloom fuller and longer, so you can enjoy beautiful flowers during their full flowering season. At the same time, stumps of perennial flowers channel energy into the mother plant for larger yields when they return the next season.
When to start pruning flowers depends on the type of plant, but usually pruning can start as soon as you see the flower is wilting. This dying flower means that the plant is working overtime to germinate this flower before it dies, and all this energy can be spent on new growth. This process can take place throughout the growing season as long as you want to see flowering.
Home furnishings supplier Fiskars recommends leaving the flowers on for a little longer to provide nutrients to wildlife (plus some of them still look pretty even when they’re gone). For flowers with multiple bulbs on the same stem, you need to wait until 70% of the flowers are dead before starting chopping.
How to plant flowers
Most flowers can be killed with two fingers to rip off the dead head just in front of the green leaves below. You have to be careful not to pull off new buds because these are flowers that you will soon fall in love with when the dead are gone. Of course, some plant stems are stiffer and too stiff for two fingers, so you’ll need garden shears to cut the wilted flowers at the base of the nearest leaf for tougher plants. Continue this process for the entire garden, remembering to break off or cut off all of the dead seed pod, not just the dead petals, so that the plant’s energy is concentrated on the new buds.