Caption: Pinching back
shoots on tomato plants encourages them to become stockier and bushier.
the tops of young plants encourages the shoots to branch, creating a fuller plant.
Otherwise, when plants reach 20cm tall, the stems will need pinching back
to encourage flowering potential.
the flowers as they form will result in larger leaves and better harvests.
On a visit last year, a few students were gently pinching back
the young poinsettias, whose leaves were just starting to turn red, timed for perfection for the rush only a few weeks away.
Plants must receive minimum care -- grooming of dead flowers, pinching back
of too-long stems and fertilizing as needed.
Get ahead of those extra inches by pinching back
new growth on annuals and perennials to encourage more branching and blooms.
Occasional pruning and pinching back
wayward growth will help shape the plant, unless the desired look is to be an overgrown jungle of greenery.
"We want to take, for the good of English football, the biggest and best squad we can take to the tournament next summer (if we get there) to win it and that might mean pinching back
Theo Walcott from the seniors!
6Pot on fuchsias, geraniums, begonias, cannas and heliotrope as soon as pots become full of roots, pinching back
where appropriate to induce bushy plants.
Allow the shoots to get several inches long before pinching back
. This forces new growth from the bud.
Begin training one or two plants in 4-inch pots by pinching back
one side to make it flat enough to fit against the trellis.
I always thought that pinching back
the garden chrysanthemum was done to delay a sporadic bloom throughout the summer.
I seemed to know instinctively how to care for the plants, i.e., pinching back
to cause the plant to bush out more, how to encourage roots, how to make compost tea ...