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Gardening

Botany

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2. Do not worry about the "look" and you will be rewarded with awesome flowers

Reply to hibbing (Original post)

Sun Sep 24, 2023, 08:49 AM

Sep 2023

If possible leave it standing until next late March or early April and then after 4 or 5 days
> 55 degrees F cut it back to about 3" above the ground. After it is done blooming cut it
back to ground level and feed it with a cup or 2 of espoma plant tone. Although this will
remove the seed pods that are native critters like.

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