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Petunias growing faster than expected

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  • i have one for example that is so much taller than the rest. what do u mean exactly by pinch out the tops?

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    David again relax-you are getting ahead of yourself-just leave them aloneimage

    The pinching out stage is when they are big plants-in about 2/3 months

  • Sorry, should have made that plain. Just let them grow, as sotongeoff says. You pinch them out when they have been potted on and are several inches high. You could have a look in garden centres at the shape of their larger petunia plants, later on in the season, and compare yours to see if they need pinching out. 

  • David 25David 25 Posts: 82

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    Hey all, this is my petunias so far, how long till i need to do something else?

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    When they are big enough to handle-in a few weeks-you need to transplant them into a seed tray as individual seedlings or into individual modules to get separate plants.

    But not just yetimage

    It is coming along-how are the strawberries doing?

  • David 25David 25 Posts: 82

    the straw seedlings all have one true leaf each which seem to be getting bigger every day( albeit still very small) the strawb plants outside dont seem to have got any bigger but i dont check them every day.

  • David 25David 25 Posts: 82

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    hey here is an update on petunias so far. what do you reckon?

  • David 25David 25 Posts: 82

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    this is the full pic...

  • discodavediscodave Posts: 510

    David 25, can I ask what compost you used?

    heres a video article on petunia sedlings.

    http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/basics/how-to-prick-out-seedlings/298.html

     

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    David -to me it looks like another couple of weeks and they will need pricking out-from that picture they don't look big enough to handle yetimage

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