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pinching out dahlia growing tip

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How to pinch out your dahlia plants to force more flowers

There are a lot of small things you can do which make huge gains in your gardening, pinching out the growing tips on some plants is on of these easy wins.

For new gardeners, the idea of pinching or snipping off the top of a plant can be terrifying. Especially when you’ve put so much time and effort into nurturing and caring for that plant, so let me talk you through why you might choose to “pinch out” and how to go about it, to help you decide if it’s for you.

Eli 22nd May 2023

Flowers

How to harden off your plants before putting them outdoors

If you have grown plants indoors or using heat and grow lights in order to get a jump start on the season. Then the next

Eli 15th May 2023

Gardening

We tried making a planter from an old pallet

There’s no doubt about it, your garden is never big enough. So when you run out of space for flower beds, veg beds, herb beds

Eli 8th May 2023

grow bags in the greenhouse

Gardening

Don’t let garden jargon get you down

If you ever have a conversation with me about gardening, one of the things you’ll notice is that I don’t use a lot of the

Eli 27th April 2023

Eli with the aquilegia

Flowers

Our garden kicks off in April

The early part of the year can be hard for many of us gardeners. We’re itching to get seeds in the ground, the plants transplanted

Eli 18th April 2023

Gardening

Planting up those dahlia tubers

I fell in love with dahlias by accident back in 2012. I had no idea what a dahlia was, back then I just chose things

Eli 2nd April 2023

Gardening

Sometimes you really need to step back and focus on the small details

I’ve always told you guys not to sweat the small stuff, instead think about the big picture. I stand by that 100%, because too often

Eli 30th March 2023

Flowers

Growing petunias from seed

There is a bit of trepidation about growing petunias from seed, with most gardeners preferring to buy small plug plants and grow these on. It’s

Eli 19th March 2023

sowing seeds

Gardening

The March greenhouse, sowing tomatoes, peppers and dahlia

It’s been a hard year so far, after my decision to hang back from early seed sowing and instead wait for the promise of warmer

Eli 19th March 2023

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