I know I post these every year but I am proud of the fact these plants are the great great great great grandchildren of the original six bought in 2017
They’re propagated every year by cuttings. In a typical year I might make 60 cuttings expecting 50 to take. I might keep a dozen and give the rest away.
Great to see @BenCotto, over the last 2 years I’ve become a huge fan of this Petunia but this year I found it very hard to find in any garden centres so ended up buying plug plants online. I’d be interested to know how and when you took cuttings as I’d love to have them again next year.
I’ve used them in my hanging baskets … Also in pots which they’ve completely taken over …
With varying success I have tried all times from September through to May. The technique I tend to fall back upon is to move pots of petunias into the greenhouse for overwintering, cut them back to about 6” and keep them quite dry. Slightly tender, they do not like the cold or the low light levels but they mostly survive. Be diligent about picking off leaves that have gone mouldy.
In mid spring they start to grow again so I water and give a weak feed. I take cuttings about 3 to 6” long, snipping off the lower leaves and any flower buds that are forming. Put the cutting in a small pot of slightly damp compost with a 50% addition of perlite. Pop a clear plastic drinking beaker over the pot and leave in a frost free, bright spot, the greenhouse in my case. Every few days tap the plastic beakers to clear the condensation, or wipe the dampness with a cloth.
After about 4 weeks new growth should be apparent and when the roots are quite evident I might move them into a pot with more nutritious compost. At this point (late April/early May) I will repot the overwintered ‘mother’ plants in fresh compost and by early June they’re all ready to be planted out.
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In mid spring they start to grow again so I water and give a weak feed. I take cuttings about 3 to 6” long, snipping off the lower leaves and any flower buds that are forming. Put the cutting in a small pot of slightly damp compost with a 50% addition of perlite. Pop a clear plastic drinking beaker over the pot and leave in a frost free, bright spot, the greenhouse in my case. Every few days tap the plastic beakers to clear the condensation, or wipe the dampness with a cloth.
After about 4 weeks new growth should be apparent and when the roots are quite evident I might move them into a pot with more nutritious compost. At this point (late April/early May) I will repot the overwintered ‘mother’ plants in fresh compost and by early June they’re all ready to be planted out.