Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to pinch carnations [title] Pinch your carnations to help flowers grow. [step] Pinching carnations as they grow encourages the growth of lateral stems, which means more flowers will grow. Pinching is especially important if you want to grow flowers for cutting.

Ending1: You can pinch as much variety as you want, but when you're planning to work with cut-outs, you may always want to pinch before you move on to just cutting, which can make it feel less stressful. [title] Grind your carnations to thin the leaves. Ending2: So, instead of pinching a bunch of you fancy flowers, you can pinch dozens. [substeps] Pinching prevents any additional flowers from reaching the ground. Ending3: [substeps] Pinching also helps the plant to grow bushy rather than as a single tall stem, which some gardeners prefer. The height at which you pinch the plant stem off is the height at which it should start to bush from. Ending4: If you only do this once every two years, you may have to pinch for too long. [title] Cut larger carnations once they have blossoms and next flowering stage.

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