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To pinch out or not pinch out?
just wondering....... I often read advice about pinching plants out, to encourage them to branch out and be more bushy .... But which plants can you do it with - and can you harm any particular ones if you do? I always pinch out fuchsias but am growing dahlias from seed for the first time this year. Should I do it with them? They look as though I could ....
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For the first time I have grown dahlias from seed and I have pinched out the tips to stop them from getting leggy. So far so good but the test will be in the flowering
I am going to copy you, Lesley! Thanks.
Ouch!