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Old 17-05-2010, 12:15 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Pinching out annual seedlings
In article , (Una) wrote:

Pinching and deadheading are not the same thing.

Basil may be pinched to decrease flowering and increase leafing.

Crysanthemum etc. may be pinched to increase flowering. To get the
mass-of-flowers display seen in garden shows, intensive pinching is
required.

Una

Sort of reminds me of painting wounds then not painting wounds
controversy . There is also the issue of the $1 tree and the $10 hole
versus the $10 tree and the $1 hole.

Nature confusion with much room for learning from mistakes.

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