Pinching dahlias redirects their energy from one big, thick central stem to multiple side-shoots. This will encourage your plant to produce multiple blooms all throughout the growing season. Quickly after pinching your dahlias, you’ll notice two new shoots will grow where only one was before! Pinching your dahlias makes them • bushier, • less top-heavy • less prone to wind damage, • PLUS the stems will be a more manageable size when you cut and arrange your first dahlias blooms. One of the bigge