Re: Side Note on Petunias

In a message dated 11/10/2002 8:46:08 PM Central Standard Time, 
Blee811@aol.com writes:


>  Wave petunias and 
> super-petunias in general. He called them the "teenaged boys of the plant 
> world"  by which he meant you simply cannot overfeed them.  Would petunias 
> last longer in Texas if they were fed weekly (or even daily)?
> Bill Lee
> 

Bill:  I'm not so sure....I have had the Purple Wave Petunia and it seemed to 
do better than the old fashioned types...which I believe this one is more 
heat resident.  My neighbor actually kept a Purple Wave going in a window box 
well into the summer and she is a heavy feeder-----I think July did it in.

If they are planted in full sun they just dry up and die (come June)- if 
planted in partial sun conditions they seem to die from the inside 
out====when I say inside out, I mean that they died from the base of the 
plant.  Also, the partial sun conditions keep them from blooming as well as 
they do when planted in the sun.

I'll buy a token few each year to go into seasonal containers but I don't use 
them in my beds.....the bedding annuals for me are planted in May and are 
Coleus and Vinca's...these are real troopers!!

Kemberly

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