ajtgirl: I'll say this before i pay for it(I have an account with the Florist i'm bringing it in to her.)I bought another one at the grocery store and it's doing great.Our weather is not good it's 49 this morning for June.What a bummer our garden were just waiting on.
Did you check to see if the stems or branches on the sick side got crushed or damaged? Petunias are so delicate that just a little pressure can damage the stems and they don't recover. Maybe you need to cut it back a little more on that side.
If I could see it I might have a better idea. As Tiger said, at least it's perking up on one side already. That's a start!
Foxy Lady: Glad it's coming back to life! Mine did too. I have bright pink flowers on the one I have. I never imagined they would be so fragile. Course I haven't seen this much rain here in ages. We have had hard rain for 8 days with only half a day of sun in between. Can you say prune fingers? LOL
Who is this Clever Hunk? Sounds like a guy I would like to meet
Foxy Lady:
You may need to cut that wave petunia back hard now to encourage new growth at the base of the stems...by cutting off the long stragly or leggy ones, it will send out new shoots lcloser to the roots which will create more blossoms for you. After you cut it back, feed it.
Good luck...what color are the flowers?...mine are pale pink
Ms. Fox: or perhaps if You can't or don't want to move Yours You could put something over it to shelter and protect it when it rains? a translucent tarp held up with some kind of sticks or a trellis-like rig or something, maybe? something to serve as an instant and temporary greenhouse.
i'm sure if such a thing is commonly done, Ms. ajtgirl will be able to tell You about it...
Dolittle: Likely the links posted below by clever hunk. Do if you put your screen resolution to 1024x768 you'll find that will eleminate having to scroll left to right. Sounds like you are in 800x600
Foxy Lady: Once you nip the buds off it will bloom up again. If you can move it indoors or away from strong rain next time that will help. I have mine in a huge wooden wagon looking pot so it is hard to lug it around. but I will at least put it on the deck next big rain. Mine only just opened up last week too, but we still have the entire summer for em
ajtgirl: Not only does it look like mush its really stragly.It looks like awful,talk about being upset.I bought it at my florist so you can take a guess what i paid for it.Only a few blossums are on it.I'll cut it back today and see what happens.Next time i'll stick with my grocery store.
Přetvořeny oževatelem ajtgirl (7. června 2006, 00:33:41)
Foxy Lady:
I know exactly what happened. We've had lots of rain and rain makes the blooms of petunias turn to mush. All you need to do is pinch off those mushy flowers and it will send out new blossoms in a few days. Petunias usually need a lot of water, but their flowers can't take the beating a heavy rain does to them. Don't worry...it is not dying, just needs a little TLC to force new blooms
I have a question,i have a huge wavy petunia.I should say was huge thats dying on me.Flowers are turning brown,i think i overwatered it but i'm not sure.I thought the chilly nites got it but i see others that left there flowers out and look great. Thought about calling the florists that i bought it from.My question is will it recover? I'm sick over it this plant was huge now it looks awful,it still has some flowers.
Přetvořeny oževatelem plaintiger (4. června 2006, 23:02:21)
Foxy Lady: yes Ms. Fox. i read someone else's saying they talk to people all over the world and everybody's experiencing it. it's the way some people have been carelessly messing with the environment, i'm sure.
nobleheart: here's a very interesting site for learning to identify plants by features. which isn't quite the same as identifying them right out, but which should be of more interest to members of this fellowship who don't already know how to do this.
nobleheart: no thats not it ... the flower its self is orange and yellow and it is a single bloom and it is shaped exactly like a piece of candy corn and its a large bloom bout the size of a day lily
Dolittle: Did your weather change at all? Sometimes if we plant too early we lose some buds.Right now we got hit with a cold spell at nite so i'm waiting to see what happens.
Dolittle: Sounds like something we had a few years back.We never did find out what it was but started to plant garlic in the fall so it was up in the Spring.We put our pepper and tomato plants in that area of the garlic,got rid of whatever was cuting the buds off.I did the same around my rose bush and got rid of those green worms i had.
Přetvořeny oževatelem Dolittle (4. června 2006, 07:00:59)
BerniceC:Thanks girl, I did check them for bugs and have sprayed them. The stems behind the bloom just broke off..looked like it was cut. The blooms on the pepper plants dried up. It is strange but I will keep trying to remedy the problem.
Dolittle: have you checked closely to see if there are little tiny ants? really minute they are and are hard to see ....I had that problem last year and had to get some powder to put around the plants :(
In my area a couple of yards have a flower Ive never seen before, I will describe it best as I can. It is orange and yellow and its shape looks like candy corn. Its leaves and stems are similar to a day lillies. Does anyone know what kind of flower this may be?? I wish I had a photo of it. They are really neat and do look like candy corn.