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Cuttings flowering too soon!

10 years ago

Some of my cuttings are starting to sprout flower buds and I am pretty sure that is not what I want at this stage of their development. I made sure to take only non flowering growing tips from healthy plants that I had watered the day before. These cuttings are about a month old. If I cut the buds off will others just replace them? Should I give up on these cuttings? I can't for the life of me figure why some are flowering while others from the same plant are not.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 years ago
Simply pinch off the flower buds. Not a big issue. Certainly not a reason to abandon the cuttings. Once the cuttings are growing you'll be pinching every so often anyway to get them bushy.... unless you are training standards.
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10 years ago
Thanks for the advice. The reason I'm concerned is everything I have read made a point to avoid taking cuttings from flowering tips. I wasn't sure if this was because the energy wasted with the flowering would make weak cuttings that would fail or what. I'll nip off the flower buds and see what happens.
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