Lesson from petunias, is it worth sowing in January

August 3, we have the most beautiful petunia Albinia F1 from a cuttings:

A twig accidentally broke off and we rooted it. The mother of this cut was sown on January 4 and delighted us for a long time. Until... she didn't want to start mincing. It seems to us that petunias should only do what to bloom, and the plants take care of the offspring.

Gentle, young.

Flowers need several times less substances than seeds. As soon as the seeds actively began to appear, the bush lost its freshness.

At first I tried to cut all the seed chambers - no use. Then we shortened the petunia mother, left 15 centimeters, she became worried and began to bloom hastily. But this is no longer spring beauty.

And the former stalk continued to please.

Petunia Ninya F1 did the same - it began to inseminate. That was such a beauty:

But on May 27, she is:

What's the conclusion?

The first

If these or similar hybrids are sown in January, then on cuttings. Realizing that mom will grow old by the middle of summer.

Second

There are modern hybrids that do not form seeds. They have a gene for male sterility. I would be grateful if someone would share their findings of such a plan. Here they can be sown at any time after the New Year. We had such, the Marco Polo F1 series. We really liked it.

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