AeroGarden 7-Pod - Manual (Page 23)

22 Tending Your Garden
All Non-Fruiting Plants – If you see flower buds or
flowers on a plant that is being grown for its leaves, not
its fruit or flowers, remove them .
Cut flowering stem just
above a set of leaves, no
more than 1/3 of the way
down stem . This will ex-
tend the life and produc-
tivity of the plant .
Flowers – To keep flowering plants (such as petunias)
full of blossoms, remove old flowers, a process known as
“deadheading” .
Pinch off entire flower
blossom with fingers or
cut with scissors . If pos-
sible, cut flower stem too .
HELPFUL HINT: Deadhead your flowers as they start to fade to avoid
accidentally pinching off unopened blossoms. At a quick glance,
flower buds can look a bit like dead blossoms (see below).
Dead
Blossom
Unopened
Blossom
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