Unlock a bumper tomato crop with this simple, professional tip for pinching out your plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've ever wondered why your perennial plants appear leggy, droopy, tatty, or worse, bloom poorly, you may be making the ...

To pinch or not to pinch? That is the question. Pinching is a technique that can shape a plant; increase production of herbs, flowers and fruits; determine the size of blooms and fruit and even keep ...

Annual flowers add almost instant color and greenery to our gardens. However, many annuals can become spindly and produce fewer blooms than expected unless they are pinched back. It may seem ...

All right! We are a week away from the traditional planting-out three-day weekend. Given the lateness of birch leaf opening, it may have sneaked up on many of you. The finally warm weather has helped ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I was presenting at an outdoor gardening event recently when a woman walked ...

Summer is in full swing, and your garden is just begging for a little TLC. June is the golden month for gardeners – days are ...

Dennis Patton’s tip this week: I must admit I am enjoying my perennial garden this spring. The cooler temperatures have meant some flowers are lasting longer, and timely rains have kept the need to ...

Hello Nico! Quick question for ya… How big should the plant be before you pinch off the top? I guess, how many sets of true leaves should be on the plant before you pinch? Also, when transplanting, ...

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about pinching the centers out of annual starts to promote side branching of the plants. But annuals aren’t the only plants that benefit from pinching. Gardeners who grow ...

If you've ever wondered why your perennial plants appear leggy, droopy, tatty, or worse, bloom poorly, you may be making the mistake of not pinching them. Unless you live in the South, where the ...