I read that September is a good time to take a cutting but make sure that there is no flower budding on the stem you cut as it will stress the cutting when trying to grow roots. Perhaps lop off the flower head and just leave the stem with a few leaves. Try to ensure that the cutting is done with a sharp sterilised tool which leaves a clean cut. Some say that you can dip the cutting in rooting hormone but many have success without it. Place the cutting in some water in a small vase and some of the cuttings should root after a few weeks.
I bought 6 senetti plugs a few weeks ago and they are growing quite happily outside in a mini greenhouse. That said they are nowhere near as big as the shop bought one that is in full flower.
Will my plugs grow large by the summer and produce large yields of flowering? I know that they generally flower from spring to early summer so it doesn't really give them a huge amount of time to grow.
Just for some added info I read on-line, one site said when they appear to be done blooming for the season, to cut back the foliage/stems 50% and they can regrow more stems/leaves and produce a second round of blooming, kind of like Crepe Myrtles will do for you if each stem is pruned back a bit after first blooms are dead. I read you can do that to Phlox as well and have just cut mine back. We'll see if it blooms again for me. The Phlox IS setting more growth on each snipped branch, so that's a good sign. I'm as new to Phlox as I am to Pericallis senetti and leaning as I go.
I done that last year but I didn't get a second set of flowers, it just sat around looking sorry for itself. Perhaps I pruned it wrong as the whole of the Internet can't be wrong
I haven't cut mine back yet, as there are still some blooms coming out on them. I don't think they like real warm temperatures, so I'm sure Texas heat will end the blooms soon. I plan to prune each branch individually 50%. That's what I did with the Phlox a week or so back and it is already growing new leaves and branch length at every cut site. I'm not a well-experienced gardener, but that's how I tend to prune everything, by individual branches/branchlets.
I pinched off all the blooms on my 2 this past week (they were all dying/dead) and here's how they look this evening.. They're all wet after a heavy rain an hour ago. Putting on a few new blooms (albeit smaller ones) and new leaves, too: I gave them a little feed this week, too, so that's probably going to help them. I'm going to wait awhile before pruning mine I believe.
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I read that September is a good time to take a cutting but make sure that there is no flower budding on the stem you cut as it will stress the cutting when trying to grow roots. Perhaps lop off the flower head and just leave the stem with a few leaves. Try to ensure that the cutting is done with a sharp sterilised tool which leaves a clean cut. Some say that you can dip the cutting in rooting hormone but many have success without it. Place the cutting in some water in a small vase and some of the cuttings should root after a few weeks.
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I bought 6 senetti plugs a few weeks ago and they are growing quite happily outside in a mini greenhouse. That said they are nowhere near as big as the shop bought one that is in full flower.
Will my plugs grow large by the summer and produce large yields of flowering? I know that they generally flower from spring to early summer so it doesn't really give them a huge amount of time to grow.
Just for some added info I read on-line, one site said when they appear to be done blooming for the season, to cut back the foliage/stems 50% and they can regrow more stems/leaves and produce a second round of blooming, kind of like Crepe Myrtles will do for you if each stem is pruned back a bit after first blooms are dead. I read you can do that to Phlox as well and have just cut mine back. We'll see if it blooms again for me.
The Phlox IS setting more growth on each snipped branch, so that's a good sign. I'm as new to Phlox as I am to Pericallis senetti and leaning as I go.
Last edited: 14 April 2017 15:13:12
I done that last year but I didn't get a second set of flowers, it just sat around looking sorry for itself. Perhaps I pruned it wrong as the whole of the Internet can't be wrong
I haven't cut mine back yet, as there are still some blooms coming out on them. I don't think they like real warm temperatures, so I'm sure Texas heat will end the blooms soon. I plan to prune each branch individually 50%. That's what I did with the Phlox a week or so back and it is already growing new leaves and branch length at every cut site. I'm not a well-experienced gardener, but that's how I tend to prune everything, by individual branches/branchlets.
Here in the UK the senetti are now fully out in early bloom, the garden centres are loaded with them. Mine has gone mad, will pit a pic up tomorrow
I think you're right, they prefer slightly cooler temperatures i have read but with full sun or partial shade.
I pinched off all the blooms on my 2 this past week (they were all dying/dead) and here's how they look this evening.
. They're all wet after a heavy rain an hour ago. Putting on a few new blooms (albeit smaller ones) and new leaves, too: I gave them a little feed this week, too, so that's probably going to help them. I'm going to wait awhile before pruning mine I believe.
Last edited: 19 April 2017 01:28:02
Ahhh, thank you for the advice!
My nursery bought one today in full bloom.