Petunia Veined Mix Sowing Petunia

Petunia Veined Mix A good idea is to sow the petunia seeds indoors 10-12 weeks before the last frost date in your area. This gives the petunia time to sprout before transplanting outside. When seeding petunias, you can sow them in soil blocks, trays, or small containers. Trays are best if you are starting many petunias from seed. Mimulus can be a good companion

Petunia Veined Mix The steps for petunia seed planting are as follows:

1. Fill a tray or container with seed starting mix: Moisten the soil mix to fill the containers or trays, this allows the mix to have consistent moisture throughout the container.
2. Plant the seeds: With any seeds, review the directions on the seed packet for proper planting. Petunia seeds should be placed on top of the soil. If you use trays, you should only plant one seed per cell.
3. Press the seeds firmly into the soil: Since petunias prefer light for germination, it’s unnecessary to cover the seed with soil. Many growers and gardeners will use a light vermiculite coating to help maintain moisture levels.
4. Petunia Veined Water from above: With any pelleted seed it is recommended you water after sowing. A heavy misting right at the seed will help the pellet melt, allowing the seed to germinate. Any drying out at this stage can lower germination as the pellet can reharden. For any of the multi-pelleted petunias do not attempt to dissolve the pellet within a single watering.

Petunia Veined Germinating Petunia Seeds

Germinating petunia seeds indoors takes 7-10 days and is like starting any other plant indoors before transplanting. You want to:

• Cover trays or containers with plastic domes: Large growers will use a mist bench to raise the humidity around the seed until the seed germinates. Growers and gardeners not utilizing a mist bench can achieve high humidity using plastic domes and misting daily until germination.
• Petunia Veined Maintain the soil moisture: Provide a uniform moisture level of 5 (saturated) until germination. With a level 5 saturation soil is dark brown and shiny, free water is present at the surface of the soil, water drips freely from the bottom of the tray, and trays are heavy with a visible bend in the middle.
• Keep the planting media warm: A heat mat for seedlings can keep your planting media warm, please remember air temperature and the temperature in the tray will not be the same. When germinating petunia seeds, the planting media temperature must remain between 72-76 degrees Fahrenheit. Using warmer water where possible will help keep the temperature from fluctuating too much.
• Provide supplemental lighting: IF lack of sunlight at your house, then one can use growth lights.