PINCHING SWEET PEA PLANTS FOR MORE BLOOMS

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Pinching sweet pea seedlings is an easy way to get more blooms per plant! I'll show you how to pinch sweet peas to encourage branching.

The best time to pinch sweet peas is when they are 6-8 inches tall and have at least two sets of leaves.

Pinching sweet peas is easy! Just count up two or three leaf nodes from the ground, and cut off the stem above a set of leaves.

It feels pretty harsh to cut off all that hard work, but it will make more sweet pea flowers in the end!

Check out all the new side shoots that appeared at the base of each plant less than a week later!

Now that I can see the new growth, it's time to start hardening off these seedlings. This prepares your plants for the variable conditions of the great outdoors, so they don't get transplant shock when you put them in the cold ground.

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