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- Why cut the marguerites and how?
- Extend the flowering time
- Two options: single cuts or radical cutting
- Promote or prevent self-sowing?
- Received cuttings for propagation
- Make the growth bushy
- Preparing for wintering
- Tips
Daisies are also doing well as cut flowers in the vase
Why cut the marguerites and how?
Daisies - who does not know them, these happy-looking summer flowers? Not only to extend their flowering, but also for other reasons, a handle to the scissors is advisable. The right cutting is part of a good care.
Extend the flowering time
The main reason to cut daisies is to extend the flowering period. If you continually remove the withered flowers, the marguerites will produce new flower buds by the fall. Then the flowering period can last from early June to October.
Two options: single cuts or radical cutting
Take a pair of sharp scissors and put them under the old calyx. Snip! One round per week should be enough. Alternatively, you can cut back the entire marguerite by a third towards the end of July / beginning of August. This, too, causes a trailing flower floras.
Promote or prevent self-sowing?
If you do not remove the old flowers, the seeds will form.That deprives a marguerite a lot of power. Therefore, such a step is easy to think about. Often it comes as a result of seed formation also to a Selbstaussaat.
Received cuttings for propagation
Another reason the marguerite should visit with scissors in order to multiply with cuttings. This is how it works:
Make the growth bushy
You can also make the growth of the marguerite bushy with the right cut. To do this, simply blend the young plants frequently. They then grow more branched and dense and also get more flower buds.
Preparing for wintering
This is to be noted:
Tips
Since daisies contain a contact allergen, one should, when one has a sensitive skin, when cutting as a precaution gardening gloves wear.