My zinnias always get tall & leggy. I've heard of "pinching" them when shorter to force them to get bushy and not so tall. How exactly does one go about this?
Once your young seedlings have a couple of sets of true leaves, you litterally snip the growing tip out of the plants. You can do this just as well on larger, more mature plants. I do it with my finger nails and I do it on sweetpeas, marigolds and so on. It alters the chemistry in the dormant buds in the leaf axils and they spring into life and branch out. Hope this helps.
Yes Daisybeans, I trim my Mum's back several times throughout the summer and when it's finally time to bloom , the plants are nice and full.
