7. Keep Your Herbs from Blooming
Supplies Required: Knife or clean, sharp scissors
Making It: $10–$15* In relation to herbs, here’s another tip for you. While it may be tempting to allow herbs to flower as soon as possible because many of them contain edible blossoms, you shouldn’t do that if you want them to have a long life cycle.
Keep your herbs from flowering.
When a plant flowers, its life cycle is almost over. Prevent flowers by cutting back the herbs so they are only concentrated on growing leaves. Allowing an herb to flower too early in the growing season is not a good idea. If you come across any, use a knife or a pair of clean, sharp scissors to cut off the flower buds.