On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:09:48 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

On 15 Apr 2004 11:54:07 -0700, (hjl) wrote:

to promote new growth of herbs, i heard that you're supposed to
harvest herbs by pinching, as opposed to cutting. anyone know if
that's true?

I've seen some gardening references specify that "pinching" causes the
end of the stem to be somewhat collapsed from the squeezing together
action, while "cutting" leaves a clean, noncompressed end. And one
method or the other is specific to the desired outcome. It's similar
to the difference of the cut made by a bypass pruner as opposed to a
anvil pruner.

-- Mister Gardener
Maine Coast Zone 4-5