I've just come across this brillant video and again, it's just what i needed - a guide to which of these (new to me flowers) to pinch and those not too. I'm also going to pluck up courage to cut my dahlia blooms deeply. It'll take some courage and lots of crossed fingers for me to do this, as it seems soooo counter intuitive BUT I've heard this from other growers so with the confidence you've shown that it works, I'm going to give it a go 😳🤞🤞🤞. Thanks again, you provide such a great resource and in such an enjoyable way.
I really wasn’t sure about cutting deeply into the dahlias when harvesting. It seemed counterintuitive to be taking off side buds that could be flowers to get a longer stem. But it really did work and I got the best harvest from dahlias I have had last year. I hope it works for you this year too. Not too long now until we see the first ones blooming, exciting!
Thanks Kim, it is a busy time combining being a mum and sports days etc with all the flower growing and orders. Loving it though and especially in the recent sunshine 🌞 Have a good week x
Hi Catherine, like you, I pinched my cosmos seedlings, and am delighted to see the resulting bushing out of same, which were extremely leggy last year. Great video.
This is a wonderful video, thank you very much. I’ve grown flowers for many years, but now I’m trying to grow more cut flowers and so learning all the little ins and outs. Thank you
Hello and thanks so much for watching. I am really glad you are enjoying my videos and I hope they help a little with your cut flower growing. All the best Catherine
Really enjoy your videos, so informative. Can sympathise with the weather conditions. Here in Chester it has been similar. Everything seems to have stalled on the allotment. It is a 13 acre site, exposed with no shelter so really suffers when the winds are high. Sounds like you have a busy week ahead. Take care.
Thanks Honore, you definitely have a challenging site being exposed. Is there anything you find has helped growing there to protect your plants from the wind? We are up a hill from town too. It may not look that exposed to many but I can really see the difference between my exposed garden and my parents lower down in the town. Lovely weather this bank holiday weekend now though and it’s bringing out those first sweet peas, lovely 🥰
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm thanks for replying when I know you are so busy. It is impossible to shroud everything in fleece so it is survival of the fittest I’m afraid. I have a very good neighbour who looks after my greenhouse when we are away and to ease her job I planted out my runners and dwarf beans last week. Then we had the wind and heavy rain that your had and they really suffered. So now I am frantically resowing beans!
Hi Catherine, I checked the list, and did not see Saponaria..my seedlings are quite lanky. i did repot them earlier and buried them deeper, but they are still very lanky..can I pinch or not? Thanks! Cathy in the U.S.
Hi, thanks for watching. Saponaria can get quite leggy. I have had to bury the stems of mine this year as our light levels have been poor with the weather. I don’t pinch saponaria so I would probably repot again if still very lanky re burying the stems and get them in a place with the most light possible to grow on at the moment. If it’s getting close to being able to plant outside I would just make sure the stem was well below the surface of the soil when doing that and just the leaves showing at the surface.
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I've just come across this brillant video and again, it's just what i needed - a guide to which of these (new to me flowers) to pinch and those not too. I'm also going to pluck up courage to cut my dahlia blooms deeply. It'll take some courage and lots of crossed fingers for me to do this, as it seems soooo counter intuitive BUT I've heard this from other growers so with the confidence you've shown that it works, I'm going to give it a go 😳🤞🤞🤞. Thanks again, you provide such a great resource and in such an enjoyable way.
I really wasn’t sure about cutting deeply into the dahlias when harvesting. It seemed counterintuitive to be taking off side buds that could be flowers to get a longer stem. But it really did work and I got the best harvest from dahlias I have had last year. I hope it works for you this year too. Not too long now until we see the first ones blooming, exciting!
Thanks Catherine. You're super busy! Considering you're in Scotland you're doing a great job! Enjoy the rest of your week x
Thanks Kim, it is a busy time combining being a mum and sports days etc with all the flower growing and orders. Loving it though and especially in the recent sunshine 🌞 Have a good week x
Hi Catherine, like you, I pinched my cosmos seedlings, and am delighted to see the resulting bushing out of same, which were extremely leggy last year. Great video.
That’s great you are having good results from pinching out. It can make a real difference to the plant and the number of flowers you get.
All looking good Catherine it's lovely to see the progress.
Thank you 😊
This is a wonderful video, thank you very much. I’ve grown flowers for many years, but now I’m trying to grow more cut flowers and so learning all the little ins and outs. Thank you
Hello and thanks so much for watching. I am really glad you are enjoying my videos and I hope they help a little with your cut flower growing. All the best Catherine
Really enjoy your videos, so informative. Can sympathise with the weather conditions. Here in Chester it has been similar. Everything seems to have stalled on the allotment. It is a 13 acre site, exposed with no shelter so really suffers when the winds are high. Sounds like you have a busy week ahead. Take care.
Thanks Honore, you definitely have a challenging site being exposed. Is there anything you find has helped growing there to protect your plants from the wind? We are up a hill from town too. It may not look that exposed to many but I can really see the difference between my exposed garden and my parents lower down in the town. Lovely weather this bank holiday weekend now though and it’s bringing out those first sweet peas, lovely 🥰
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm thanks for replying when I know you are so busy. It is impossible to shroud everything in fleece so it is survival of the fittest I’m afraid. I have a very good neighbour who looks after my greenhouse when we are away and to ease her job I planted out my runners and dwarf beans last week. Then we had the wind and heavy rain that your had and they really suffered. So now I am frantically resowing beans!
Hi Catherine, I checked the list, and did not see Saponaria..my seedlings are quite lanky. i did repot them earlier and buried them deeper, but they are still very lanky..can I pinch or not? Thanks! Cathy in the U.S.
Hi, thanks for watching. Saponaria can get quite leggy. I have had to bury the stems of mine this year as our light levels have been poor with the weather. I don’t pinch saponaria so I would probably repot again if still very lanky re burying the stems and get them in a place with the most light possible to grow on at the moment. If it’s getting close to being able to plant outside I would just make sure the stem was well below the surface of the soil when doing that and just the leaves showing at the surface.