If you want petunias to burst into a full pot of blooms, you have to be ruthless and raise them like a stepmother would

Petunia is the morning glory, and it is a flower that easily fills out a pot. But potted flowers are different from wild flowers. For potted care, if you want it to bloom profusely, you have to try the "stepmother" method!

First, let's look at some basic care tips. To grow this kind of petunia, use special flower-growing soil directly, and bury a little base fertilizer at the bottom of the pot when potting. Then place it in a spot with plenty of light and good ventilation. During this time, pay attention to watering and fertilizing.

For watering, make sure to water thoroughly only after the soil has dried out. Once this flower is potted, it fears waterlogging the most. Bring it back indoors promptly on rainy days. During the rainy season, the flowers easily fade and rot. For fertilizing, you can make your own compost. For beginner flower lovers, it is recommended to use organic flower nutrient solution to promote and preserve blooms. These are all basic care practices.

After doing these basic care tasks well, you need to see how to use the "stepmother" method to promote blooming.

Actually, if you want this kind of petunia to fill out a pot, you definitely have to prune, and you must be ruthless in "pinching" off the flowering branches. That is why we say to use the stepmother method here. Let's look at exactly how to "pinch":

The time for pinching flowers is during the vigorous growing seasons of spring and autumn. Directly cut off the branches that have already bloomed, leaving about 5~12 cm at the original old root. If they are new shoots, they cannot be cut and must be kept.

Do not just throw away the pinched-off flowers; that would be too wasteful. At this time, prepare a glass container and put them directly in water as cut flowers, so you can continue to enjoy the blooms and there is still a chance to save seeds.

However, if you want this kind of petunia to fill out a pot, it must go through several rounds of topping and pruning, and you must ruthlessly "pinch flowers" to make it fill out a pot. So, if you want good results in flower growing, you have to be ruthless. If you are not chasing a pot full of blooms, then just enjoy the flowers slowly. Right now, in this season, it is blooming beautifully!