How To Cut Your Cosmos Flowers 

Hi, I am glad it was helpful. It’s definitely scary to cut that far down a plant to begin with but it really does work for getting longer future stems.

Hi Sandra, thanks so much for watching. I am glad this one was helpful. I remember your clueless gardener posts so thanks for letting me know the update on the your name 😊 I will look out for the new one now x

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Thank you, hoping your cutting patch gets off to a great start.

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It really does doesn’t it. Do you have a favourite cosmos variety? Thanks so much for watching 😊

My favorite this year is Rubenza!@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm

Thanks so much. I am really glad you are enjoying the videos and they are helping you out with your growing. That’s brilliant 😊

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Hi, thanks so much for watching. That is a really good question. When you cut the flowers in the garden they need time to recover from that and be able to take up water again. If you take them straight inside to arrange in a vase they will be more prone to wilting in the warmer environment and will be very thirsty taking up much more water in the vase. You would need to watch to keep the water fresh and replenished. If you condition first they spend a few hours taking up water and recovering and then when arranged in a vase won’t have this large thirst to replenish the stems. Some flowers do not mix well together without conditioning first and the flower arrangement could go over quicker without giving the flowers a drink separately. For example flowers that leak sap such as narcissi. They need to drain the sap in the bucket they are conditioning in and then will seal off. By the time you arrange them with other flowers after conditioning the sap is sealed unless you cut the stem again and they can happily go in with other flowers without affecting them. Some flowers need searing in boiling water and then time in deeper water to condition to prevent wilting. I hope that helps a bit about why I condition first 😊

Hi 😊 Yes I do pinch my cosmos and it makes a really big difference to the plant and how many flowers each produces. I did a video all about pinching my cosmos if that helps x How To Pinch Out Cosmos For More Flowers | Cloudberry Flowers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YhwkYXJV94w.html

Hi, thanks for watching. Great question and yes it does apply to cornflowers too. The deeper you cut into the plant the longer your new stems will be.

Yes I have sown daises from seed and overwintered them and calendula too. They are a great flower to grow now and overwinter.

This year I have really concentrated on watering them more. Especially when we had a dry June. I watered them daily and then since June we have had a really wet summer. I think this has helped the cosmos get so green and lush this year. Last year I did not water them as much when there was a dry spell and they did not do nearly so well.

I haven’t come across that before. I am not sure why that is. What variety of cosmos are they?

Hi, thanks for watching 😊 That’s a great question. I do condition the ones that I have just for me in the house. If they get time to have a good drink away from the heat of inside the home I think that helps prevent them wilting and also get the best vase life from them. Even if the vase life is shorter for me as the flowers are fully out I think conditioning just helps keep them going that little bit longer.

@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Good points. Thanks 👍