What Are the Benefits of Thinning Annual Plants?

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Thin annual plants so that each plant has room for proper root growth, enough water and nutrients, and is not shaded by its neighbors.

Keywords: thinning annuals, annual flowers, establishing annuals

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Jenn Mercer is a Writer, Poet, and Translator (French > English) living in Raleigh, NC. She has Bachelors degrees in both English (Creative Writing) and French from NC State University. Mercer has been published in the Grapevine, Astropoetica, Talkin Blues, Nth Degree, the CATI Quarterly, The Fix, and Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids.

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