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PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
with violas and other plants if you dont dead head them the flowers go to seed and this takes energy from the plant where as if you dead head them they produce more flowers osteospermums produce a lot of flowers and dont seed as much so the energy is not going into producing seeds.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it puts the energy into producing the seeds
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