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Bought 2 bunches of plantlets for £1. 8) Do they need pinching out when I plant them, please?

We grow our own but I'm sure OH doesn't trim them when she transplants them. Let them have a good soak before you plant them if they are bare rooted..  :-\

Many thanks Dad....I soaked and planted them yesters afternoon but only wondered abt cutting back this morning. So there's another job I don't have to do 8)

Confirm that I have never nipped mine when growing from seeds and have always had a beautiful display. Just plant them.

it has never occured to me i can grow from seed, are they ok to do from seed?

lbb

Dead easy, they are brassicas... just watch where you grow them, they stay in the ground along time..  ;D

soo, i will need to buy them as normal this year wont i for flowers in 09?
then plant seeds and grow plants in the spring 09 for flowers in 2010
lbb

Aren't they perennial? :-[  I see gardens where they come up time and time again :-\

I always thought short lived perennial but in the way they spread their seed, making them appear so (so actually annuals), but there are so many varieties this is hard to say

We tend to treat them as biennials because after the first year of flowering they become leggy. Also because they do stay in the ground for a long time, its better to remove after they flower in the 2nd year  and grow in another spot in case of club root ;)

OK thanks. 40 wallflowers for 2 years for £1....sounds good to me ;D

Darned good value ;D

I always pinch mine when I plant them out to encourage them to bush.