Roses: Where do you pinch the old flowers off so they bloom more?
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at
1:22 am
Greywolf asked:
I’ve heard this called many things but I still don’t understand where I pinch them off at. I’m just starting to really try my hand at flower gardening and realize there’s a lot more to it than I thought.
I’ve heard this called many things but I still don’t understand where I pinch them off at. I’m just starting to really try my hand at flower gardening and realize there’s a lot more to it than I thought.
Thank you for your help!!!
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It is so the plants nutrients go to new buds and not to the withering flowers. By leaving on the old flowers you are waisting the plant’s energy. Try dead heading at the base of where that flowers stem branches off the main limb and see what happens to your plant in less than a week. You will be amazed. Hope this helps!
P. S. My mother took a master gardener’s class and she agrees with this theory.
I sure do miss my flowers. Here is how to do it.
When you Pinch back flowers, you’ll help plants produce more flowers – and make them fuller and denser.
By the way this ALSO works with strawberries. I had tons of them.
You Pinch off the tip of the central shoot – - I used to pinch them off just underneath where the flower used to be. When I pinched them off, only the stem remained. This allows new side branches to quickly develop. ALSO I used to pinch off BUDS. When you do this, you will get a great harvest of flowers and, or fruits.
I have gardened for years – - if you want a site that explains other things too – I found part of my answer @ E-How – - here is their link
Hope you enjoy your flowers. ♧
Actually, with roses, you just chop them off at the stem. They aren’t a “pinching” type of plant. Normally, any woody stemmed plant like roses is one that you just cut back occasionally. Pinching is for soft-tissue plants like impatiens, petunias, pansies, coleus, etc.
Wherever you find a “five leaf growth”, trim just above that. Those 5 leaf shoots are where the next bloom will be. But actually all of ours do fine with no trimming/pruning or deadheading.
We have over 60 rose bushes, hundreds of daylilies & irises, and so much more. We garden “English” style – overplanting in the bed and trimming back when needed. Our gardens are overflowing most of the year. We use “Tender Loving Neglect” type of gardening. We don’t feed our flowers, just weed and water. And we definitely don’t fuss about it.
Roses in December also butterflies this past winter. All this in Texas…
Do what is right for you. Everyone has a different opinion, especially when it comes to roses. If you have purchased hardy plants and planted in the right soil mixture, they will grow without you!
Enjoy…
Easiest answer cut them off just below the bulbeous bit of the flower.