Cosmos problems!

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  April 2013

  If you live in a windy area, make sure you stake them. Dead heading makes for more flowers. I love them all.

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• FreeFlower Posts: 2

  April 2013

  Oops!! I too thought i had sown too early as they shot up
  
  And went leggy so potted them on.... I hadn't realised about pinching
  
  out though !!!! Do you mean at first leaf stage or later ??? Thanks

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,099

  April 2013

  Verdun wrote (see)

  Shadow weaver, pinch out two or three times over next few weeks to make plants stockier and more flor...floliffruss, florilififieereeous, .....er, to give more flowers (ha ha)

  

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• franco6832 Posts: 105

  April 2013

  Verdun wrote (see)

  Wood green, I share your fondness for the whites.....I grow these in groups. When sun shines they just glisten. And in partial shade they light up the area.
  I grow colours too but wait to see what they are and match them up.
  Funnily enough.....contrary to how I previously thought....they do better in good soil. I pre-empt their increased vigour by further pinching. ( great believer in the Chelsea chop and regular pinching out)

  
  I dont think the chelsea chop will work this year with the terrible weather we are having.lol. Apart from tete-a-tete in flower, nothing is really romping away yet.lol

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• Tropical Sam Posts: 1,488

  April 2013

  stupidoldgit wrote (see)

  well i use homebase compost and look how great my houseplant in my loaf have growing

  

   

  Is Cosmos the only thing you are growing? I tlooks like cannabis hydroponics.

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• Oldigger54 Posts: 6

  April 2013

  You are lucky. I sowed mine mid march in a tray in my coldframe - absolutely nothing 

   

  David

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• Gold1locks Posts: 498

  April 2013

  I grew Cosmos from seed last year and ended up with 6 ft tall plants that looked more like shrubs than annuals, with no flowers until October, and then only a few. I read somewhere that they need a lot of sunshine to flower well. I am trying again this year. 

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• m0rce Posts: 21

  April 2013

  blairs wrote (see)

  stupidoldgit wrote (see)

  well i use homebase compost and look how great my houseplant in my loaf have growing

  

  
  

   

  Is Cosmos the only thing you are growing? I tlooks like cannabis hydroponics.

  
  I would agree, it does look like a canabis farm. Also the comment "they bud well nice" is a bit suspicious

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