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My major complaint about petunias is that they get tired and leggy and
sorry-looking rather early in the season. I sometimes see petunia beds that look nice late, but I have never figured out the secret. This year when my potted petunias started looking sad, around the second week of August, I sheared them back to a few inches (buds and all) and fed and watered them regularly to try to get them to recover. It took a good 6-weeks, but by late September they started blooming again and now they are as strong and happy as they were in early July. We will probably get a killing frost soon, but until then they are adding a nice memory of summer to a sparse and fading garden. JD Sony DSC T-100 Pocket-camera EXIF Data Included e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net Additional images at; http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/ |
October Petunias - DSC00395-Edit.jpg
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wrote: My major complaint about petunias is that they get tired and leggy and sorry-looking rather early in the season. I sometimes see petunia beds that look nice late, but I have never figured out the secret. This year when my potted petunias started looking sad, around the second week of August, I sheared them back to a few inches (buds and all) and fed and watered them regularly to try to get them to recover. It took a good 6-weeks, but by late September they started blooming again and now they are as strong and happy as they were in early July. We will probably get a killing frost soon, but until then they are adding a nice memory of summer to a sparse and fading garden. JD Sony DSC T-100 Pocket-camera EXIF Data Included e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net Additional images at; http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/ begin 644 DSC00395-Edit.jpg [Image] end Nice. :-) My mom always loved Petunias! -- Peace! Om "He who has the gold makes the rules" --Om "He who has the guns can get the gold." -- Steve Rothstein |
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