How and why to do the chelsea chop

[@seanrooney6486]

My favourite gardening channel on KZbin by far 👌

[@robinakoli8427]

I really like it when you mentioned all the flowers name's that's really helpful

[@HarryC488]

Thank you very much John! You are an inspiration, very informative as usual and always make me laugh:) I love your no nonsense approach. My favourite gardening channel ! Keep them coming! Greetings from Bonnie Scotland

[@laurenb6451]

Yes I did this to my phlox and nothing fell over this year even though we live in a pretty windy area. Plus I stuck the prunings in wet soil and they all grew which is nice.

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Thank you, John, David, and Teddy! Beautiful trees on display today! I planted a Satomi last year and I hope one day it will be as glorious as yours. Bit disappointed with the color this year, but maybe that will improve. If you could only bottle some of John's energy, I would be first in line. It is funny when he says he is lazy when he clearly is anything but.:) And, how lovely to have such rich soil. Thank you for sharing the joys of gardening in such an amazing locale with us. Not for the first time, it makes me wish my ancestors had stayed in Ireland. :)

[@KidMillions]

I just bought the 'Satomi' based on this video. :-)

[@rosemarynguyen6793]

It’s so gorgeous!

[@mrchunko5463]

Hi John, my mom and I have been enjoying your videos for awhile now. Say hi to teddy 😁

[@BrendanDean99]

After Chelsea chopping, one can use some of those clipping for summer cuttings if you want too as they root very easily in a shady greenhouse

[@Veronica-je9qj]

Looks better already!

[@grantbayley100]

love your shirts

[@brandiisbell7746]

JOHN--- Where are you? I need you to post more videos. Please we are all waiting. 💘

[@AleksandraDeegan]

Please show more details of your spring blooming plants

[@VancouverIslandgirl]

what month are you doing your chopping? Love your videos keep them coming. I would love to know how wide those beds are and how you got them started. Maybe one day you will start a bed from scratch ! Thanks love your energy

[@carmenbailey8209]

I love dogwoods,here in Ontario I have the native one ( name ?) I would have loved the Cornus Kousa , but it’s a bit on the risky side. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@thelessimportantajmichel287]

Cornus florida

[@themotivatedgardenergarden7822]

Lol the bloom butcher brilliant plenty of green for the compost bin.

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂

[@nancybennett9265]

Chelsea chop, is this the week of the flower show?

[@suzetteccc]

perhaps not, but that's when you do it.

[@stevef1264]

Whoever operates the camera always has trouble keeping up with you john! Lovely dogwoods tho & lush growth given the john lord chop

[@robroy4137]

Stephen Fogg haha. That’s because johns a moving pretty fast. Have to be on speedy pills keep up with him

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Was thinking just that...😁

[@barbll000]

Very interesting how the challenge for you is to have to hold things back from growing too large.

[@charlesburkhart800]

Feature the pond sometime, please?

[@sr-el3gt]

I've been wanting to plant a dogwood in my front yard! Please suggest a place in Yorkshire that sell them. I've been so 5 local garden centres and none had the flowering type 😭

[@shielamartinez8991]

Your poor cameraman struggles to keep up to you your so fit John HaHa great tips again sheila

[@orchidgarden3124]

Do you made compost with all the garden clippings?

[@inekekalberg1427]

You are the opposite of Monty Don 🙃🙋🏼‍♀️

[@GaryTheGardener71]

Refreshingly 👍

[@nanabusterd]

Can phlox be chopped?

[@ИринаТен-ы5т]

У нас прошлое лето 2 раза всего прошёл небольшой дождик...Без дождей такая красота , как у тебя не вырастет, ведь это всё невозможно полить..

[@ИринаТен-ы5т]

Джон, ты создаёшь рай на Земле. Респект тебе и уважуха! Мы с дочкой только в начале пути, под окнами 9 ти этажки садим цветы, кусты.Земля как камень, но мы работаем, дождя нет, поливаем каждый день.. Привет из Украины , из Одессы

[@endersw]

Ya like Dagwoods?

[@ИринаТен-ы5т]

Парень, почему количество подписчиков не прибавляется? Ты такой классный!

[@littlelulu4107]

Chrysanthemums need the Chelsea Chop too

[@nicolasbertin8552]

The big massive lie about the Chelsea chop is that you don't need to do it... People who have flopping plants simply either plant the wrong kind of plants for their soil, or just add too much organic matter or fertilizer to their garden. Most perennial flowers prefer lean soils. So they are smaller than what you think they should be, and they don't fall over. There are plenty of tall flowers that come from rich soils naturally and won't flop over. Just look for those. Or simply keep your soil lean, don't add compost or manure every year like too many people do. Wood chips every year is also very bad for that. And don't mix rich soil plants like eupatorium or astrantia or persicaria with lean soil plants like echinops, eryngium, agastache, poppies, salvias or perovskias... And as far as asters are concerned, well some are from poor soils, some are from rich soils. So if you do have a rich soil, and absolutely want poor soil plants, then yeah the Chelsea chop will be necessary. But that means you're growing weak plants that don't want this rich soil you're giving them. Not only they flop, but they're also much weaker to pests.