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new coleus cutting producing flowers

22 years ago

I have recently started all my coleus cuttings.Now(and this has happened before),some of them have produced flowers.Is there anything I can do to either prevent it or stop it from flowering so early? The whole plant does not grow very well when this happens.Any ideas?

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Nigella
22 years ago
The only advice I can give you is to clip the bloom spikes off, you're absolutely correct, the blooms steal the vigor away from the leaves and roots.
ncccdist
22 years ago
cut off the bloom--this also helps to make it branch out---
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