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Fri, Dec 31, 10 at 17:41
| A lot of discussion on petunias. I love them and always used to buy mature plants or seedlings. Last year, for the first time I WSed them (the whitish one). But still, I bought a few 6-packs. In the first container, I planted two bought ones (pink) and one WSed one (whitish). At the end, the WSed one completely took over, you couldn't see any pink. The same with the basket - only one WSed and two bought ones. In Aug whole fence was covered with white flowers.
As Trudi always used to say, those little guys are stronger then anything else.
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| That's cool. They look very hardy and happy. Now did you WS them this early? |
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| Beautiful flowers. When I winter sow petunias, I always make sure I don't sow them to thick in the container. I swear every seed sprouts. They even self-sow where they were planted the year before. Don |
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| tomgyrll - sorry, don't remeber when I ws'ed. In general, I've discovered winter sowing in, I think, Feb last year. So, most probably, they were ws'ed Feb/March. |
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- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Fri, Dec 31, 10 at 21:33
| Adamark, you are so right. I started WSing petunias after I learned how to save seed from some nursery seedlings and I have been doing it ever since, with great success. I am way up north and I plant them out early - they are very hardy. The hardest thing is prying the little seedlings apart - I find it very hard to sow them thinly. I usually do an intermediate sowing in flats, about 8 plants each for just about 10 days, and they are good enough for containers or the ground. Three years ago, we had a picnic to a park where I saw some beauties - very large, some veined, and I managed (on Labour Day) to collect a few seeds and have had the most beautiful blooms for the past 3 years. The colours are delightful and there's always something new to look forward to. They are beautiful in pots on my deckrail each year, and in the fall, I carefully collect the seeds. Wish I had some pics. to post by this computer is clean out of memory and I can't do very much. Ordered a new one today!! Happy New Year to all!! Northerner. |
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| Collecting seeds - REAL PAIN- one day not ready, next day, too late. Hope, I was successfull this year. I simply collected whatever I could, I didn't care about the color etc. We'll see this year. Hope evryone had a great New Year, we did.It is great to celebrate a New Year with friends and childtren.... I'm still under the impression... |
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- Posted by roper2008 virginia 7a-8 (lroper99@yahoo.com) on Sat, Jan 1, 11 at 11:00
| Adam, love the color of your wintersowed petunia. Linda |
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| Ever try growing petunias from seed indoors on a windowsill? Damp off city - I did this one year, WS them the next - nice, hardy plants via WSing. I wouldn't do them any other way. |
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