Too much fertilizer.


Storm wrote:
The same happened to me this year. I raised about 20 cosmos from seed,
and maybe two or three did not bloom at all, but where becoming larger
than the others (thicker stems and much taller). They were grown
besides flowering cosmos, so probably a genetic thing.

Good to hear I not the only person with these mutants in my garden. :-)

Cheers,

-- Storm

On 2005-08-22, presley wrote:

I get a lot of self-seeding cosmos, and some started to bloom around July
1 - others have yet to bloom - in many cases, the plants are within 2-3
feet of the others in nearly identical soil/water conditions. I have to
assume that there are genetic factors involved as well as the usual
suspects - light and/or heat triggers.
"Jenny" wrote in message
...

A certain number of the yellow cosmos I plant come up with huge shaggy
leaves and thick stems but never produce a single flower. This is true of
those I purchase in sets and those I plant from seed.

Last year I left them in assuming they'd eventually bloom, but they
didn't. This year I yanked them.

What's the explanation?
--Jenny

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