Landscapers cutting back grasses too early!!!!
Kris_Stone
19 years ago
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Too early to cut back perennials?
Comments (2)No, you won't hurt the plants. You really should wait until it's not so mucky out there, though, to avoid compacting the soil. Don't know about where you area but there's been a lot of snow fall/melt where I am and the ground is saturated, no way would I work in the beds right now, it's too wet. Anytime it's dry enough though - go for it....See MoreGarlic cut too early?
Comments (4)Awesome. I have them now "re-curing" in a much more aerated place... I harvested them early June. Planted them early last October. As far as I know, the harvest is right on time, maybe a little earlier (last year I was harvesting until the end of June, but I planted quite a variety). This year I planted nothing but Early White. Right when temps hit 95-100 degrees here, it starts to turn yellow pretty fast. And this summer, it has been anywhere from 98-103 every day since early June :( I'm in Central Texas....See MoreBuddleia- too early to cut way back?
Comments (5)Thanx - I'd just begun to hate the way mine looks - the last few weeks of drying cold wind has really done the dieback job. I just went out and cut 'er back. it was pretty clear where dieback was happeningon too-early growth, so I cut every stem back pretty hard. It was a volunteer anyway, and really become a monster. With most plants I wouldn't cut back more than a third, but not this hardy growback gem. btw, I only let one grow, and cut off all seed heads regularly as the Butterfly Bush is invasive in the Pacifc NW - I don't even trust variagated ones...as I've propagated plenty of stuff from hybrids. Dry stems, remove and compost seed, and consider removal of the plant before a new gardener takes over...unless they are also willing to be a voracious dead-header)...See MoreDid I cut back too early????
Comments (6)I'm no peony expert, and I've heard to wait until the first hard frost, too - but I don't think it would HARM the plant any if you cut back a couple of weeks or so before the hard frost. The idea is to keep the green leaves on the plant as long as possible because thru them the plant gets nutrition to the root to store up energy to produce blooms. So cutting back foliage a few weeks earlier would theoretically reduce that energy storage a wee bit. I don't know if anyone's studied that to see if a few weeks actually makes any discernable difference. Maybe lose 1 bloom out of 20?...See Morejake
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