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How to Pinch Back Flowers

Pinch back annual flowers, vegetables, herbs and late-blooming perennials, such as chrysanthemums and asters, and you'll help plants produce more flowers - and make them fuller and denser.

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        Begin pinching transplants when you set them into the garden. For plants already in place, start when they're 2 to 4 inches tall and have several sets of leaves.

      • 2

        Pinch off the tip of the central shoot. New side branches will quickly develop.

      • 3

        Pinch off the growing tip of each new branch when it's about 6 inches long.

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        Continue until you're pleased with the form of annual flowers, vegetables and herbs. Stop pinching perennials by mid-July to allow the plants to produce buds.

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