Gary Lewis Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hi My first question, should I let my Sarracenia's flower? or cut them down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 By all means let them flower, especially if you've not seen the flowers before. If you don't want your plants to waste energy making seed then cut the flowers after petal fall, which is what I'll be doing with most of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Cool, I have seen them, it is just that the plants. are looking a bit rough. I should probably be out with the pinking shears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Oh I think of the flowering season as a highlight in the greenhouse, lots of trimmed-short pitcher-bases and the lovely flowers hovering above like so many exotic butterflies. And generally they even smell nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Thats good to know. I shall trim during the week. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Rob-Rah said: Oh I think of the flowering season as a highlight in the greenhouse, lots of trimmed-short pitcher-bases and the lovely flowers hovering above like so many exotic butterflies. And generally they even smell nice. (only trim the dead parts... the green parts are still useful to the plant, but typically that does mean the plants are shorter when flowering and look quite tidy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantfreak Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 If the plant is already under stress, then I would cut it off. If it’s doing fine, then sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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