Question : In gardening, what is the meaning of "deadheading" a flower?
I was reading an article about container gardening and it reads: "Feed monthly with a balanced fertilizer, and deadhead spent flowers regularly to keep them blooming." Are we just talking about getting rid of the old flowers? Or is there any particular way you have to cut the flowers in order to encourage more blooms? Thanks!
- asked by Lola
All Answers:
Answer #1
All you have to do is pinch off the dead flowers.
- answered by sunkissed_07
Answer #2
Just pinch off the dead blossom.
- answered by Rae
Answer #3
Regularly pinch the dead blossoms off from the plant.
- answered by 55yrsnholdin
Answer #4
Cut or pinch off the spent or dead flower heads.
- answered by RBRN
Answer #5
You remove the dead flower heads but try to remove them back to the stems...they
usually connect to the plant in a Y formation, this helps to not have a dried
stem left in a few days/weeks.You deadhead to keep the plant from wasting energy
on making seeds, thusly making later flowers smaller and less abundant.
- answered by Queen Victoria
Answer #6
After a flower has bloomed energy from the plant will continue to go into that
fading flower to produce a crop of seeds. If you want more blooms you need to
snip off or snap off that faded bloom so the energy will instead be available to
encourage the side blooms to grow.
- answered by Rich Z
Answer #7
Yes, we are talking about getting rid of the dead flowers. But, make sure you
take the entire flower, down to the base so the plant does not set seeds. I
don't use scissors, I use my thumbnail so I can feel where to pinch. Seeds are
the plant's way of telling the plant that it is done flowering and will not
produce any more. That is one of my favorite gardening jobs. Very relaxing.
- answered by whitefleur369
Answer #8
You pinched off the dead flower head and it promotes the plant to produce more
flowers.
- answered by doris_38133
Answer #9
Yes it is getting rid of the dead flower. I pinch them off with my finger nail
but you should use a pair of pruning scissors, Also to help prevent spreading an
fungus you should spray or dip your pruners in a plant disinfectant . You may
use water and Clorox mix , But I don't like to . you may get the ratio of mix
off the net or call your local florist. As for a particular way to cut , only
the dead .
- answered by Tim M
Answer #10
You've got it, just "deadhead" or remove the dead flower heads. Cut off the
tough ones with scissors or pruners and pinch off the delicate ones with your
fingers. Removing the dead flowers will promote more blooms.
- answered by Goldenrain
Answer #11
This is to promote new blooms, just take off the old blooms
- answered by kaneijim
Answer #12
after your flowers have bloomed and then finally begin to fade, snipping the
faded flower off to promote additional flowering of the plant, is what is known
as "deadheading".
- answered by melly
Answer #13
I have always just pinched or cut off the dead blossoms. Sometimes they have a
lot of dieback, so I don't cut too far down the stalk.
- answered by curious2
Answer #14
Removing the dead flower heads, so that they will not damage the healthy parts
of the plant
- answered by Graeme H
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