also can they be cut back as they are trailing on the floor now
2007-01-27 06:19:10 · 3 answers · asked by dizzy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I'm amazed they're still alive!
Yes, I'd cut them back if they're looking stressed. Clip out the dead bits and shorten the rest back to a joint. How much you shorten them depends on how brave you are.
If you can wait until the weather warms up (in the UK) then I would wait and then in the Spring cut them back and give them a good feed.
Frost is your real enemy. Prolonged frost should finish them off, which is why most gardeners bring them into the greenhouse over winter. They are kept there on a low water ration and cut back in the autumn before bringing in to over-winter.
Well done for keeping them going!
2007-01-27 06:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ian. Garden & Tree Prof. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't like to argue with a professional, but they're one of my wife's favourites, and I was sure they were an Annual, so I would have thought that anywhere in the UK there would be a lot of dead bits by now!! and they won't be recovering.
Am I wrong then?
2007-01-27 06:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by David B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you better do as Ian says he knows is job.
2007-01-29 03:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by NIGEL R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋