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« on: February 13, 2008, 02:44:11 PM »
Planted 2 lavender plants last year, should I cut them back?
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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2008, 02:54:24 PM »
To encourage flowering and help retain its shape, remove dry flower stalks in late summer, then in early spring cut back shoots by 2.5cm (2in) or so, avoiding cutting into old wood.
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 03:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Lurks on February 13, 2008, 02:54:24 PM
To encourage flowering and help retain its shape, remove dry flower stalks in late summer, then in early spring cut back shoots by 2.5cm (2in) or so, avoiding cutting into old wood.

Thanks, bit late for summer gif but can do the early spring bit gif
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 04:54:38 PM »
I've a lavendar plant on the windowsill, in a pot. It seems to have died though.

It looked okay all the way through till mid january, then all the leaves dried up and fell off, shortly after I trimmed the tops off.

I cut it down from about 2 foot high, to about 6 inches high, hoping it would bud out & grow afresh and bushier. And I gave it phostrogen fertilizer at the end of january.

It's just like a dry twig poking out of the soil now

Think I've killed it wi' kindness TBH gif
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 07:18:44 PM »
Never cut a lavender hard back, it will not grow from hard wood, it will only bud and regrow from new stalks.
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 08:14:04 PM »
Argi you killed it !
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 08:19:28 PM »
Wotcha reckon, had it?

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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 08:22:42 PM »
Never give up on it mate, chuck it it the garden and hope for the best.
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« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 08:41:23 PM »
grew it from a cutting last year. I just broke off a stick of it at a friends' house, brought it home, & left it in a glass of water on the windowsill.

rooted in no time & flourished over last summer. poor thing. I'd become quite attached to it, hope it resurrects itself
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« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2008, 09:20:29 PM »
wish i could grow things i even killed my mums cactus off  gif
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« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 09:22:23 PM »
over watering kills cacti, most don't like the cold either.
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« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2008, 09:26:51 PM »
I specialise in killing orchids
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« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2008, 09:41:46 PM »
over watering and wrong food kills Orchids.

They need special food and ONLY rainwater, tap water will kill them.
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« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2008, 10:35:31 PM »
Overwatering  gif I can never leave the poor things alone
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« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2008, 10:39:00 PM »
A lot of Orchids grow on trees without compost at all, they just get moisture out of the air, so when dry dunk them in rainwater and dont water again until dry, but not shrivelled.
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