Does pinching a plant (poinsettia) increase or decrease the number of leaves and bracts?
would flower initiation be different in Georgia then New Hampshire? ontario canada different then new hampshire?
2007-11-27 12:53:47 · 6 answers · asked by Andrew S 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It is very good because it encourages new growth to appear and makes the plants grow alot faster.
2007-11-30 10:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By pinching any plant forces the plant to send out side shoots making the plant fuller. All will be the same whether if in New Hampshire or new Caledonia. Pinching poinsettias will not make them color. That's a different story and has to do with the length of the day not trimming back
2007-11-27 22:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pinching the tips from a plant with almost always cause the plant to bush out which in turn will create more flowers or in the case of the poinsettia more bracts.
2007-11-28 07:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by webby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it increases the branching, BUT, you if living in New England had to do it in September
The further north you go the sooner it gets dark and the longer the dark lasts, so of course it will initiate color at a different time.
I always depend on Canadian Growers to get me poinsettia for Thanksgiving sales dates.
Oh and the colored leaves, they are not the flowers! The flowers are the tiny ugly white cluster in the center of the colored leaves.
2007-11-27 21:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by bugsie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pinching at a node forces the plant to make 2 sets of growth at each pinch so it will increase the number of leaves and make the plant more full and bushy
just don't go crazy - allow the plant some rest grwth time as well
2007-11-28 06:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by shedahudda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will make your plant fuller and bushy rather than thin and tree like. Pinch the old not the new growth.
2007-11-27 20:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋