![]() And then put outside and let mother nature do her thing. Connect the top part and the bottom part of the jug you can throw away the lid of the milk jug that screws back on this is not needed. And then slice the jug in half and I use some floral wire that I have precut and punch some holes in the corners of the jug using a small hole punch and add some soil and then toss on the seeds. ![]() Just punch some holes on the bottom of milk jug either the gallon or half gallon. It is best to start fresh each Spring with new, young plants for the best performing petunias!įor the last three (this will be my third) years I have been growing petunias from seeds. Any seed that is taken from Wave Petunias will not grow into the same Wave plant and very likely will not perform in the same way.Īnd since each Wave series is legally protected and trademarked, collecting and re-planting Wave seeds infringes on our intellectual property. Since Wave Petunias are "hybrids" Â crossing two "parent" plants to get a specific "offspring" Â the plants you purchase from the garden center each year are really one-of-a-kinds. Well, if it doesn't produce the same PLANT, then how on EARTH is Joe Gardener infringing on their intellectual property since they aren't the same plants?!! (Besides, I don't see Joe Gardener getting pursued by the Wave Police about using his own collected seed in his own garden.he's not selling them!) Notice how they say the seed won't produce the same plant BUT that saving & planting them infringes on intellectual property. Goblugal- Thanks for your notes.found this interesting tidbit over at the Wave site itself. So, you can certainly direct sow some seeds once the soil has warmed up, but you won't have nice, lush, flowering plants for 3 months. Under ideal greenhouse conditions, Waves take around 12 weeks from seed to flowering size (say, a 4" pot). ![]() To the original poster, Wave petunias germinate best with a soil temp between 72 and 76 degrees. By all, means, save your Wave seeds and plant away - I'm sure you will be very happy with how some of them look, and it will certainly save you money, but don't think that you will have an unlimited supply of Wave petunia seed. I'm saying it is genetically impossible for them to be exactly like the parents. I'm sure that someone will post saying that they save the seeds all the time, and that the resulting progeny are exactly like the originals. Some seedlings will be similar, some will be upright, some will be prostrate, some will be flat out unattractive (I have seen Wave parents - they aren't pretty).
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