Deadheading hasn't been the same since Jerry Garcia died.

That is one gardening task tailor made for people with too much time on
their hands with nothing better to do! Its micromanagement at its obsessive
best!!

The faded flowers of Petunia just fade away without any help. The reason for
deadheading is to remove the developing fruit after the flower fades so that
it doesn't take any energy away from the flowers that follow. What you want
to do is cut the flower stalk just below the ovary not the whole stem. The
terminal stems produce more flowers.


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I am a city dweller with very little room for a garden. I did put
petunia's
in the window boxes. My question is do I just pull out the wilted flower
or
do I pinch the plant below the flower stem?