Maybe the crow thinks that wasn’t a good idea.

That's so lovely to hear, thank you 😊. There's just something about plants and growing that takes you to another realm and we love it for that as well as the beauty. I don't know where I would be with the garden and nurturing plants. It's therapy for the soul. Thanks again 🙏

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It's a great and easy way to get more plants 🪴 Thanks for watching 😀

You're right, we prefer to use the zip bags too but don't always have them as we use loads for work lunches etc. We try and re-cycle the clean ones for the cuttings though 👍

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You're welcome, I'm happy to share our tips 😀

You're welcome, glad to have helped 👍

Thanks, glad you found the video informative, thanks for watching 😀

Many thanks, glad to have helped. Thanks for watching.

You're very welcome, we love Cosmos and have grown more varieties this year. Thanks for watching 👍

You're very welcome Alison, thanks for watching 🙏

Many thanks 😊

That's great the video was perfect timing for you so you could follow along. Once the growing tip is initially nipped out, there's no need to do it again. Just deadhead the spent flowers as you would normally. Have a great week too.

That's great news, Cosmos are such wonderful plants that flower for months on end, we wouldn't be without them. Thanks for watching and subscribing 👍😁

That's the same for us but with tomatoes this year, we'll have enough to feed the whole avenue! We really need to be more restrained next year. That's a shame you've lost some of your cosmos. You never know what the creatures and animals will take a fancy to. It was such a pleasure getting out early in the morning as we find filming difficult with so much background noise later in the day. We love this time of year. We're both well and Andrew is currently enjoying a week off from work due to half term. He's recently began working as a primary school teaching assistant and loves it. I think he's finally found his calling. Take care Wendy xxx

@@MadAboutGardening Yes, too many tomatoes for me as well. So tempting when sowing to just add more in case the first ones don't germinate! Glad that Andrew's loving his new job and the wonderful thing is all those school holidays. Just think, six weeks off in the summer. Mind you, everyone deserves it as children can be very tiring and hard work. I admire anyone who can hack doing a job like that. Take care. xxx

@@wendybartlett6717 The holidays certainly make working in schools attractive! Especially being off during the summer months when the weather is good. As you say, it's well deserved though. xxxx

Thanks Nicholas, much appreciated. We've never grown osteospermums from seed before but have grown plants bought from the garden centre. Any tips for growing from seed? They bloom for months so may try them next year. We wouldn't be without Cosmos. 😀👍

@@MadAboutGardening I have a heated propagator so it does not take to long to get them started.

Cheers for that 👍

We've never tried that but if it works for you then great 👍

Some of the taller varieties may need staking. The ones we grew last year did need to be supported. We did this just using garden canes and twine.

It's a brand called vitax organic rooting powder. Thanks for watching.

Yes, we pinch out all cosmos, tall and dwarf. Thanks for watching 👍

Two of three sets is fine, I've been impatient before now and cut at two sets and the plants still bushed out fine 👍

They will be ready this year. As soon as they have rooted, they can be potted on and when they get larger, can be planted out. 👍

@@MadAboutGardening Thanks Paul.

New gardener here. Awesome video. Thank you!

You're very welcome, thanks for watching 👍

It's called Cosmos 'Cupcakes Blush' and is widely available in the UK from most seed producers such as Thomson and Morgan. The colours are a mix of different shades of pink to almost white. Hope your friends bring you some when they visit. Thanks for watching 👍

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So long as the risk of frost has passed they will be okay but harden them off first for a least a week before planting out. Hope this helps.

@@MadAboutGardening what is harden them out mean?

It's a term used for getting the plants acclimatised to outdoors when they have been growing indoors. You just need to put them outside during the day and bring them back in at night. It helps prepare the plants for the change in temperature and prevents them getting shocked.