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Wed, May 4, 11 at 9:35
| I am growing Petunias for the first time. I have read that they will benifit from pinching to make them fuller bushier plants. Mine are only about 2 1/2" tall and are already shooting off nice runners. Does it make sense to pinch them? I assume the pinching would be from the top growth, not the runner tips?
Advice from experienced petunia growers would be appreciated.
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- Posted by yiorges-z5il (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 17:49
| Most pinching occures on the mail stem but will be effective on the runners. Since the plants seem to be compact & have runners i would leave them alone. |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5B WI/IL border (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 11 at 14:25
| I actually pinched off the runners last year and rooted them. They WAY out performed the �mother� plant. I would pinch the center and then pinch off the runners just after a leaf node. Keriann~ |
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| Thanks - I was thinking about rooting some of the runners. I am concerned that its a little late in the season to start them, but maybe I can just think of it as a late crop. |
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