Re: [SG] petunias was: [SG] Something Odd
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- Subject: Re: [SG] petunias was: [SG] Something Odd
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 01:44:08 -0400
Hmmm...Patsy, maybe I have waited too long and cut back too hard? Mine
never seem to return with any vigor, so I have actually given up on them.
Was sorely tempted at garden center the other day, but slapped my hand!
Hafta try your method and see what happens (excuse to buy a couple:->)
I use slow release fert., too...otherwise my poor potted things would never
get fed. Regular fertilizing with other kinds of products is something my
brain can not remember to do.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Patsy Stygall <WeedRwoman@AOL.COM>
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:40 AM
>
> In a message dated 5/12/99 12:29:34 AM Central Daylight Time,
mtalt@CLARK.NET
> writes:
>
> << No matter what you do,
> they look like hell come July and they are so fetching in May.
> >>
>
> Marge, I have to have my two pots of fragrant purple petunias every
summer.
> I have learned to cut them back to a few inches twice in a season, and
except
> for a week after cutting, I have all fresh new growth and flowers. I use
> slow release fertilizer in my pots, because the gardener here often
forgets
> to liquid feed. She forgets more and more as time goes by.
>
> Patsy
