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Cosmos seedlings with flower buds at 7" tall?

LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,500
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I sowed some Cosmos 'Antiquity' seeds earlier this year in my greenhouse. The plants are currently about 7" - 8" tall and are already developing flower buds. Is this normal as i'm lead to believe this variety should be growing between 50cm - 1m tall....

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  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    Did you not pinch them out?

  • LeadFarmerLeadFarmer Posts: 1,500
    No, but I've started pinching the buds off as they appear.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    If they get stressed, for whatever reason, they will start to produce buds much earlier than normal.
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