Commercial Floriculture

Pinching

• Pinching refers to breaking out tip of budding and encouraging growth of side shoots.
• Essential for Standards.
• 4-6 well grown laterals are allowed.
• At six pairs of leaf first pinching has to be done.
• First pinching done 3 -4 weeks after planting.
• Depending upon the need of crop spread it is classified into,

  • Single
  • One and half and
  • Double pinches.

Single pinch
• Ideal time for pinching is morning.
• When the plant attains 6 nodes, the first pinch is given.
• 5 -7 cm of apical portion has to be pinched off.
• This would give rise to 4-6 lateral shoots.

One and half pinch
• After single pinched shoots flower, half of side shoots are pinched off.
• 2-3 of these lateral shoots are pinched again.

Double pinch
• All the lateral shoots are pinched off. i.e., 3 - 4 weeks after first pinch
• Pinching is done at 4 well developed pairs of leaves

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