People Are Deadheading Their Flowers All Wrong
by Amanda Blum from Lifehacker on (#6DEXY)
Deadheading-the practice of chopping off a spent flowerhead from the plant- has long been considered the way to keep plants blooming longer. It's based on the science that plants have a finite amount of energy, and spend it on one of three resources: growing, flowering or producing seeds. If you leave spent flowers on...