Should you cut spent blooms from red hot pokers to keep them blooming?
After the bloom fades, I know seeds are being produced, but should they be cut back to keep blooming? The stalk is really unbecoming, but should I leave the stalk so that the seeds can fall for next years plants?
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Answer by Sugar PIe
Just pull the spent flowers off. THis is called dead-heading. And yes, it does promote blooms. The whole purpose of flowrs is to attract pollenating insects, so that seeds can be made. Once this happends, there's no more incentive to bloom. Dead-heading makes the plant get busy making more flowers.
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