💗 Pink Dianthus Plant Chat - SGD 206 💗

[@SpokenGarden]

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[@myst7067]

Wonderful video! Thank you for all the great information! I saw these for sale at a local garden center and just wanted to learn more about them before we made the decision to buy.

[@SpokenGarden]

Finding great plants on sale is always a good idea! 😅 We're glad you found this helpful and thanks for watching!

[@margaretchiodo-keller4495]

I like the idea of using the micro snips for deadheading these plants. I have a micro snip that I use on my indoor plants, and will now be using it outside also.

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi Margaret! 👋👋 Snips are the best!! So glad to hear you have some you can use outside. We bet you'll find them super handy. Thanks for watching!

[@user-tg2fg9ry1s]

Ty! Love how u BOTH are totally into it! Love these flowers!

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi M! 👋 We love these flowers, too, and are so thankful you enjoyed our video! Thank you for watching!

[@phyllisjacko8927]

Just watched this video cause I was looking for this! Yes, deadheading. There is this 'Coconut Surprise' I put in last year. Didn't know it was a perennial. The blooms didn't last long. This year they came out beautifully, numerous blooms and I'm finding out they will bloom all season. Love this. Other dianthus have the long stems, easy to deadhead. This one not so much. Thanks for the vid!

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi Phyllis! 👋 Thank you for watching and letting us know our video was helpful. 😉 Love that your dianthus has shorter stems and has that uniqueness to it. Uniqueness can the the spice of a gardeners life. Thank you for watching and telling us about your dianthus! 😃

[@lorrainelambert9001]

Thank you guys I’ve learnt a lot from you two even though I’m in the uk 😊😊😊

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi from across the pond, Lorraine! 👋 Thank you so much for watching and letting us know! This is why we do this, to be as helpful as possible and make a difference!! Have an awesome day! 😀

[@nancyscott-smith636]

Fiskars also make a great little pair of dainty pruners like that. I have one pair I use all the time and I have three more pairs still in the packages for the future just in case they break or I lose them. I've often lost my original pair but I always find them before I open one of those new packages.

[@SpokenGarden]

That's such a good idea to stock up on your favorites! Thanks for watching!

[@eileenmartha8377]

Great video I learned quite a bit!

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi Eileen! 👋 Thank you for watching and for saying that! We really appreciate that and to know that we are meeting our goal of helping as many gardeners as we can. 😁👍

[@theonh9365]

I know nothing about flowers and last year picked some flowers including this. This is my favourite. I deadheaded using scissors, didn’t know anything. It comes back 3,4 times just until November while others are dead, now winter is over, it didn’t even get brown. I can’t wait for it to flower again. Lily is the least favourite. Only bloom once and take up so much space.

[@SpokenGarden]

That's great you found a favorite and are enjoying them! Thanks for watching!

[@Sunshine-tf4ul]

Hi! Would you be able to dry those dead dianthus you trimmed off? Or do the dead flowers need to mature on the plant, in order to harvest the seeds???

[@karenbarber7630]

I was wondering the same thing. Can I replant the deadheaded old blooms?

[@ChynaRose]

Really appreciate your videos !

[@SpokenGarden]

Thank you! We appreciate you watching and saying that!

[@philisbramlett6890]

🏡. You're such a a cute couple as you work and conserve with your audience of one ! It's so good to see in times sech as these . I'm trying to fgh7ijj your video with cardboard as cover for weed suppression. I need my garden to be a sanctuary not a worry of energy and strength and money I do not have . Just the little fence line is just a pipedream .; but I can do it ? Thank you for sharing your fun side 🩷

[@SpokenGarden]

Thank you so much for your kind comments! Here is an older video of ours about sheet mulching using cardboard: kzbin.info9xEM1q2gVrk. We will update this in the future. Thank you!

[@qweeknee4208]

Thank you. Learned alot!

[@SpokenGarden]

Great! We're so happy to hear that!!

[@kimt3463]

@Spoken Garden Hi I planted these pink dianthus in the spring in full sun in ground. Each plant only bloomed a couple of flowers and some not at all. I did give them some fertilizer at the end of Spring. It's summer now and still no blooms but the foliage looks healthy. Should I give up and pull the plants?

[@philisbramlett6890]

Please don't pull them up ! I have made so many blunders 💔 Stop over water except when extremely hot . I treat them like lilacs , They do not like "wet feet " so don't ! My plants Thrive on Neglect With Love . I am older , weak , I love gardening in my "not so filled in " new cottage beds .but health and strength and finances I must trust GOD TO regenerate as I go I buy Drought Tolerant after Established plants . Rabbit & Deer Resist. Mold resist , hardy . Full SUN. ( tolerates heat well) to part shade . Dianthus are beautiful 🩷 Just plant in the soil that you have stirred up loosely or mix 1 cup potting soil inr broken up soil make it Lofty to root in easier .. Looking good already 💫 Water well 🩵 PS... If the plant IS lush and green and not producing blooms : Buried too deep .( Not ) Overeater ( ?) maybe NPK of fertilizer ? ( too much nitrogen like grass fertilizer NO NO ! Not enough phoshorous to produce blooms . "Plant tone" in spring & fall . SUN : Not enough sun (?)

[@ingridredd9804]

I live in the north east. We had alot if rain about 3 weeks ago. The buds were brown and mushy so I dead headed them with my hands. I think I over did it and took off the good buds. So far I only have gotten one flower to bloom. I don't know what to do. Will it grow more buds or did I ruin it?

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi Ingrid! 👋 That is a very good question. It's good that you took the initiative and removed any brown, mushy, or otherwise bad-looking buds because you don't want to encourage any diseases or pests to set up residence on your plants. Good Job! 👍 If you had lots of rain before and the soil around your plants hasn't had a chance to really dry out yet, it might just be a little to wet and this could be stressing your plants out enough that they dont' want to flower. Definitely check the soil around your plants to see and physically touch it to check how it is. Also, since lots of rain and water can move many available nutrients away and out of soils, try fertilizing (if you haven't already) every week or two with a liquid fertilizer when you water to stock back up nutrients to be available to your plants. If you have any yellowing or drooping leaves, this could be also a sign of soil being more wet than needed, so def check your soil moisture. Hope that helps and we hope you see lots of new flowers in the weeks to come! 👍😃💪 Thank you for watching!

[@christalawrence865]

I purchased 10 Dianthus with the spikey leaves. I lost 5 of them, and the others aren't blooming. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

[@SpokenGarden]

Hi Christa! Sorry to hear that is happening. It could be one or more things, but what we have found with our dianthus that have had similar problems is that we were giving them a little too much water and also not enough sunlight. These two issues can be the cause, either by themselves or together, of no flowering and even some dieback or death. So, easy thing to do is check the tags the plants came with and make sure they are getting the right amount of light and water. If water and light checkout, then look at the soil they are planted in to be sure it's well-draining and has some organic matter in it. Also, look around the plants to see if there are any extreme sun, heat, or wind issues that could really stress them out or otherwise make them very unhappy to the point they wouldn't want to flower or more. It could be something, also, like they are getting intense afternoon sun and heat, which would induce no flowering; also dianthus can be considered a cool-season flowering plant, so if they aren't flowering during the hotter, drier summer months like right now, that is ok, and know that with cooler late summer, early fall temps they can flower again. Ours flower twice a year, both in the spring and fall with the cool growing temps of day and night. We hope your remaining dianthus are healthy and give you lots of flowers! Thank you for watching and for being here! 😊😃👍👍