How to get more blooms from your dahlias. Time for step 2 on your dahlia growing journey. Pinching your dahlias may feel counterintuitive, but it’s a great way to make your plant branch, which leads to more blooms. | The Parcel Flower Co.

Part two ~ Pinching Dahlias ✨ To find more information on our early planted dahlias and perennialised dahlias, check out the post before this one. ⬅️ | Fleurs de Lyonville

Pinching dahlias: Why? It helps plants to produce more lateral (sideways) growth. This means more stems and more flowers. It also means thinner, more useable stems for floral arrangements and bouquets. If you don’t pinch the central stalk will become quite thick (more like a broom handle) and you won’t get as many flowers from your plant. So if you like cutting flowers we recommend you pinch. How: We bend and snap out the central growth tip. Sometimes they need a little twist to come off. We do

Follow @anya_thegarden_fairy📣NEW BOOK- link in my bio PINCHING OUT DAHLIASPlease TAG anyone who is growing dahlias this year.🧚🏻 WHY DO WE PINCH OUT?Plants naturally put their energy into growing tall stems and if you leave them to their own devices, this results in ‘leggy’ plants and less flowers.Pinching out the stem tips of your young plants will create a stronger and bushier plant with lots of flowers.🧚🏻 WHEN TO PINCH OUT DAHLIAS?Once your young plant has formed a few pairs of leaves on

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