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What To Do With Annuals When They Finish Blooming
30.09.2024 - 14:25 / balconygardenweb.com / Editorial Team
Fall is a busy time for gardeners! As your annuals finish blooming in spring and summer, it may feel like your garden’s cycle is winding down. But don’t hang up your gloves just yet—there’s much work to be done!
Annuals, which complete their life cycle in one or two growing seasons, die once they finish flowering. So what do you do with those dead and dried-up plants? Digging up unsightly holes all over or simply letting them rot aren’t the only options. Let’s explore!
Why wouldn’t a gardener want to save money and let these blooming plants self-seed? Annuals like poppies, calendula, and alyssum self-seed, and if you don’t disturb them, you will get beautiful flowers at the same time next year!
Keeping these annuals may also save you from starting and planting them again. However, note that not all annuals self-seed, and often, it may be a little haphazard where and when a new plant shows up!
And so, if your favorite flower doesn’t self-seed, or you just don’t like the look of dead, dried-up plants just rotting away in the garden, save the seeds for planting the next year! Make sure you only pick healthy and preferably native plants or the ones that can grow true from seeds and wait till the blooms dry up and form seed pods.
Once the seeds get brown and are fully dry, gently shake or snip off the seedheads, place on a tray and clean them up of debris. Air dry them for at least week and store away in airtight envelopes with proper labels and dates. You can even refrigerate them.
Plant roots and microorganisms share a mutually beneficial relationship. Leaving the roots of your annuals intact even after they die feed useful soil organisms. As roots decompose, microbes feed on them, and in turn break down organic material and
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