Here's a survey question for everyone:
What do you do when a flower starts to fade?
- clip it as soon as it starts to go? (green clip)
- wait until it dies back to clip it? (dry clip)
I have always felt that he plant is busy sucking nutrients out of a withering flower so best to leave it on until it's dry.
And of course when you do clip use flame sterilized clippers.
I suppose the argument could be made that a withering flower stem is suitable to rot, so to leave it on invites something nasty to come take your whole plant. Anyone lose something to a rot that started in a withering flower stem?
I suspect the real answer is "It doesn't matter." So much of what I do feels like voodoo superstition. Just wondering what others do.
What do you do when a flower starts to fade?
- clip it as soon as it starts to go? (green clip)
- wait until it dies back to clip it? (dry clip)
I have always felt that he plant is busy sucking nutrients out of a withering flower so best to leave it on until it's dry.
And of course when you do clip use flame sterilized clippers.
I suppose the argument could be made that a withering flower stem is suitable to rot, so to leave it on invites something nasty to come take your whole plant. Anyone lose something to a rot that started in a withering flower stem?
I suspect the real answer is "It doesn't matter." So much of what I do feels like voodoo superstition. Just wondering what others do.