Great video thank you. I sowed 5 varieties of snapdragons and they weren’t terribly successful, however I do have 7-10 heathy seedlings of each variety, so I shall pinch out and re plant the tops to maximise my little baby’s. Thank you.
Hello thanks so much for watching. I am glad you managed to get a few of each variety and replanting the tips of your pinched out sections will be a great way for you to increase your numbers. Snapdragons can be tricky to get growing successfully, I find they are always slow to grow initially and then they do take off. I always need to remember to try and start them early each season as they are initially so slow to grow.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm it’s my first year growing flowers from seeds, so far I’ve germinated seeds of 36 different plants, so I’m loving it! But yes, next year my snapdragons will start in January, as I didn’t realise how slow they were to grow. It’s a big learning curve, far more emotional than I realised 😂 with the patience needed and nerves hoping they grow. But I’m loving it!
Really helpful. I am growing snapdragons for the first time this year and after a wobbly start so far so good. I have pinched out a couple and they have grown on in a glass of water. Then after all my nurturing I discovered self sown seedings in all my pots!
It is is funny when that happens after all your work nurturing them and then different ones appear unexpectedly where they were not supposed to! That’s happened with my bells of Ireland this year. That’s great you have some extra plants coming away from your pinched out bits.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm I was wondering at the end of the flower season whether you save some of your seed, leave the plants on the beds to self sow or put everything in the compost bays and risk seedlings popping up when you use the compost?
@@honoregale856 at the end of the season I save a lot of the seed from the flowers. I start to clear the beds in November/December but usually get busy with Christmas wreath orders and the rest has to get left to the new year. I clear most spent flower stems into the compost heap but obvious flower heads or very thick stems hard to chop up go in our local green waste collection and I don’t end up with many growing in the compost. In the spring when things start to germinate I will check the beds when weeding them. If there are some good self sown seedlings in the wrong place I will transplant them and if there are larger areas of self sown useful flowers I will leave them to come on. This year I have areas of self sown nigella that I am leaving to flower.
You can also strike the cut off tops of sweet peas too for more plants, if you find out that you'll be short of plants. I guess it can be done with Cosmos too. Dahlias I know root well.
Thanks for watching. Yes your right sweet peas are brilliant for doing that with and dahlias. I have never tried it with cosmos but you’ve made me think that is worth a go this year, thank you!
I really struggle to get snapdragons to germinate , but I don't have a greenhouse, love the idea of pinching out and using the offcuts for more plants👍👍
It really does help increase your plant numbers so if you didn’t get many germinating it can help a lot. I always find snapdragons really slow to mature once germinated so if I tried to sow more seed now I doubt they would flower for me this year but by growing the pinched out cuttings I can get new more mature plants quicker which will flower.
Hello, thanks so much for watching. I have a playlist on my channel called Pinching Out For More Flowers. Here is a link to it here. I hope it's helpful.ruclips.net/p/PLwawZACzWxzBJjuo3lElcJFgV0-HFgTmR
Thank you Catherine. I have some snapdragons from seed doing well - do you know if they will come back for another year? (I autumn sowed and over wintered them outside zone 8a
Autumn sowed snapdragons should flower really well for you. If you leave them after flowering this year and manage to overwinter them they may come back another year. I have some in the ground that are in for their second year. They are just starting to show buds now but on much shorter stems.
Dwarf snapdragons can already be quite good bushy plants but you can pinch them. If you feel they are not as bushy as you would like they will benefit from being pinched to fill out a bit and have more flowering stems but it’s not essential.
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Great video thank you. I sowed 5 varieties of snapdragons and they weren’t terribly successful, however I do have 7-10 heathy seedlings of each variety, so I shall pinch out and re plant the tops to maximise my little baby’s. Thank you.
Hello thanks so much for watching. I am glad you managed to get a few of each variety and replanting the tips of your pinched out sections will be a great way for you to increase your numbers. Snapdragons can be tricky to get growing successfully, I find they are always slow to grow initially and then they do take off. I always need to remember to try and start them early each season as they are initially so slow to grow.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm it’s my first year growing flowers from seeds, so far I’ve germinated seeds of 36 different plants, so I’m loving it! But yes, next year my snapdragons will start in January, as I didn’t realise how slow they were to grow. It’s a big learning curve, far more emotional than I realised 😂 with the patience needed and nerves hoping they grow. But I’m loving it!
Excellent information thanks for sharing...3rd year growing snaps and I continue to learn.
Thanks for watching. Good luck with next seasons growing.
Brilliant advice
Thank you 😊
Thanks Catherine- really helpful and like the tip of using the tips to try and root - will try that out
Thanks for watching Monica, good luck with rooting some of the pinched out bits.
Really helpful. I am growing snapdragons for the first time this year and after a wobbly start so far so good. I have pinched out a couple and they have grown on in a glass of water. Then after all my nurturing I discovered self sown seedings in all my pots!
It is is funny when that happens after all your work nurturing them and then different ones appear unexpectedly where they were not supposed to! That’s happened with my bells of Ireland this year. That’s great you have some extra plants coming away from your pinched out bits.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm I was wondering at the end of the flower season whether you save some of your seed, leave the plants on the beds to self sow or put everything in the compost bays and risk seedlings popping up when you use the compost?
@@honoregale856 at the end of the season I save a lot of the seed from the flowers. I start to clear the beds in November/December but usually get busy with Christmas wreath orders and the rest has to get left to the new year. I clear most spent flower stems into the compost heap but obvious flower heads or very thick stems hard to chop up go in our local green waste collection and I don’t end up with many growing in the compost. In the spring when things start to germinate I will check the beds when weeding them. If there are some good self sown seedlings in the wrong place I will transplant them and if there are larger areas of self sown useful flowers I will leave them to come on. This year I have areas of self sown nigella that I am leaving to flower.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Many thanks. Anything to save a few pennies on buying seeds is good. Have a good week.
Great video!!!
Thank you 😊
that was so helpful and clear explanation, thank you very much!! ❤
Thanks so much for watching. Good luck with growing your snapdragons this year.
Very good to watch learning me to because I am a beginner❤
Thanks so much for watching. I am glad you are enjoying the videos 😊
You can also strike the cut off tops of sweet peas too for more plants, if you find out that you'll be short of plants. I guess it can be done with Cosmos too. Dahlias I know root well.
Thanks for watching. Yes your right sweet peas are brilliant for doing that with and dahlias. I have never tried it with cosmos but you’ve made me think that is worth a go this year, thank you!
I really struggle to get snapdragons to germinate , but I don't have a greenhouse, love the idea of pinching out and using the offcuts for more plants👍👍
It really does help increase your plant numbers so if you didn’t get many germinating it can help a lot. I always find snapdragons really slow to mature once germinated so if I tried to sow more seed now I doubt they would flower for me this year but by growing the pinched out cuttings I can get new more mature plants quicker which will flower.
Great info!
Thank you very much for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Hello! Thanks so much for this. Where can I find the “pinching out playlist” you referred to?
Hello, thanks so much for watching. I have a playlist on my channel called Pinching Out For More Flowers. Here is a link to it here. I hope it's helpful.ruclips.net/p/PLwawZACzWxzBJjuo3lElcJFgV0-HFgTmR
Thank you Catherine. I have some snapdragons from seed doing well - do you know if they will come back for another year? (I autumn sowed and over wintered them outside zone 8a
Autumn sowed snapdragons should flower really well for you. If you leave them after flowering this year and manage to overwinter them they may come back another year. I have some in the ground that are in for their second year. They are just starting to show buds now but on much shorter stems.
Thank you Catherine for your fast response that is really helpful.
Hi Catherine, I have sown dwarf snapdragons - should dwarf ones be pinched?
Dwarf snapdragons can already be quite good bushy plants but you can pinch them. If you feel they are not as bushy as you would like they will benefit from being pinched to fill out a bit and have more flowering stems but it’s not essential.
Thanks Catherine.