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Advice on plants
Hi all
please can you tell me when I am able to plant petunias and trailing geraniums outside. I bought them from the garden centre when they were small and they have been on my window will for 3 weeks ish and are all flowering now. Please see attached photos. I'd like to put them in a big pot outside but don't know when it will be safe. Thanks
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You'll have to wait til the frosts are over but you could stand them outside on nice days to start toughening them up.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Last frost is unpredictable here. We've had them in June but that's unusual.
In the sticks near Peterborough
If you pinch out (remove) the tips of the stems they will bush out more. In that first photo, the shoot on the right, I would take off just above the two shoots that start about half way up the height of the flower.Called pinching out because that's what you do, just pinch them off with your fingers. I think as they can't go out yet I'd remove the flowers and flower stalk, that way more energy goes into making bigger plants with more flowers in the future. I can't see how big the pots are but if they're growing quickly you might have to use bigger ones
I admit I grow neither of these plants, so might be a good idea to see what others think
In the sticks near Peterborough