Lisianthus (Eustoma)

[JAL]

Hi,

Has anyone out there had any experience of growing these plants?  I purchased them as plug plants and they are now in their second pot and over 6" high.  Do I pinch out the tops?  I was also thinking of hardening them off this weekend with a view to planting on the allotment.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

jal :)

[JAL]

[john_miller]

If you don't pinch them out you will very quickly end up with a single, large (and gorgeous imho) flower. Pinching them sets them back considerably, in my experience, but you will produce a fabulous 'bouquet' later in the season. I always pinch mine but the choice is yours. In their native habitat, the southern great plains of the U.S.- hence 'Prairie Gentian'-they are perennials, probably sending up the single flower in their first season and multiple flowers subsequently.

[JAL]

Hi,

Thank you - I will pinch out half and see what happens.

jal