Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 26, 2021 15:12:25 GMT -5
I have a Cascading Petunia kit that came with one of my Harvests. I planted it today and hope they will come up. I have had them a while.
Pictures when they sprout.
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Post by lynnee on Sept 26, 2021 16:13:37 GMT -5
Cool! I have two petunias that are ready for transplanting to pits outdoors. A lot of my petunias are white, but the latest two pods have dark purple and fire engine red in the mix!  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 26, 2021 17:53:00 GMT -5
When I have grown them before, they have all been pink and white.
I would love to get some bright colors this time!
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Post by campingcorgis on Sept 27, 2021 9:48:40 GMT -5
How fun! I miss having flowers in my kitchen! Can't wait to get some growing again!  |
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Post by Shawn on Sept 27, 2021 10:43:57 GMT -5
I may have a kit floating around here to try I'll have to look. If not as soon as I'm able I'll plant some other flowers in my desk unit. I just have to be able to bend to get to the area that they're in and I cannot do that yet
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Post by lynnee on Sept 27, 2021 18:32:47 GMT -5
Here you can see my older cascading petunias, the gangly plants on the left sides of the planter boxes. I waited too long to transplant these from the Aerogarden, so they'd gained some height indoors. After transplanting, they continued to grow upwards instead of cascading. The newer petunias, all on the right sides, were transplanted as soon as the first blooms appeared. So far it looks like they will cascade over the sides of the boxes. The fuschsia and white petunias were started about a month ahead of the red one and its yet-to-bloom neighbor. Each pot has plants from a single pod. The petunias really don't seem to need thinning. The older plants looked crowded like the newer ones when I first transplanted them. There are few plants per pot now because I removed the ones that were done blooming.  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Sept 27, 2021 19:42:06 GMT -5
All those colors make a stunning display!
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Post by Shawn on Sept 28, 2021 3:55:31 GMT -5
I love the array of colors
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Post by lynnee on Sept 28, 2021 18:49:55 GMT -5
I love the array of colors I only wish that there was a choice of colors. You never know what you're going to get. A lot of my petunias come up white, but of course they look stunning when there are a lot of blooms. |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 15, 2021 5:01:17 GMT -5
My kit was older, so only two of the petunias have sprouted. They are just above the labels now.
I think by pinching them back as they grow, they will eventually fill the Harvest.
We'll see!  |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 15, 2021 14:59:37 GMT -5
Once the petunias germinate, they tend to grow steadily until the first blooms appear. After that, they really take off!
AG says not to thin the flower pods, I think. Anyway, I don't thin mine, and the petunias seem very happy when growing in a crowded pod or flower pot. 😄
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 15, 2021 19:28:53 GMT -5
I just got one plant in each of two pods.
I mean as they grow, they can start getting leggy. If you pinch them back at a joint, it will split and get bushier. Then when they get bigger, you can do it again.
I expect they will eventually cascade and the two plants should look like a Harvest full. At least, I hope. And I hope I will like the two colors.
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Post by lynnee on Oct 15, 2021 23:44:05 GMT -5
Fingers crossed that you'll get colors! But white is pretty, too, when blooming well. The white ones make me think of brides. 😎
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Oct 16, 2021 5:40:59 GMT -5
Fingers crossed that you'll get colors! But white is pretty, too, when blooming well. The white ones make me think of brides. 😎 What a pretty mental picture! |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 16, 2021 16:13:05 GMT -5
This is what my cascading petunias look like now. The ones on the right (the healthy-looking ones) were transplanted when they had barely started to bloom. They were never pinched back, and they don't seem inclined to get leggy outdoors. The ones on the left were transplanted when they had quite a few blooms. They got leggy right after being transplanted outdoors. They're still blooming, so I'm keeping them until they stop. One plant at top left seems to be producing new leaves, and a bloom, at its base.  |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Nov 1, 2021 19:18:30 GMT -5
My two little surviving petunias are starting to grow a little.
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Post by lynnee on Nov 1, 2021 23:54:30 GMT -5
The survivors look fine!  Something that surprised me, is that my oldest, leggiest outdoor petunias have actually reseeded themselves. All I did was water them. Never expected that. 😀 |
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Nov 2, 2021 8:31:15 GMT -5
What a wonderful surprise!
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Sher
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Post by Sher on Nov 12, 2021 21:23:34 GMT -5
So far I have two yellow petunias. I know there were more than one seed in each pod. I am hoping some other colors show up from them. |
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Post by lynnee on Nov 14, 2021 21:29:53 GMT -5
I'm glad that yours aren't all white! You wanted color. |
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