Do Firefly Petunia Seeds Glow?
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- I trimmed a few blossoms off my Firefly Petunia and found a few seed pods. So I cut them open and took close-up photos. Do the seeds glow? How about the stamen? I dissect them all to find the answers.
Hi there, thanks for the video!
So they produce seees? So far mine are self cleaning and not producing seeds. Is there a trick?
They are not self pollinating, they need some help. Mine are outside so they have insect help. Inside there is nothing to transfer the pollen unless you intervene with a q-tip. Take a q-tip and insert into the bottom of the flower bell. Twist it a time or two, then insert it into another blossom and repeat the process. You can also cross pollinate by first putting the q-tip into another colored petunia and then into your target petunia. Just know, if you want glowing petunias, not all seedlings will glow. The glow needs a light colored blossom. And you are not able to sell the seed as the firefly petunias are patented.
Thanks for the Q-Tip, er, tip! One of my survivors is going leggy / bolting (not sure of the right term in this case) & growing a brand new flower! It's also by far the brightest part of any of the plants. I want to be VERY SURE to get seed "just in case". So far it's the only one flowering but 5/10 survivors I'm not complaining as long as they're coming back.
Related I still need to contact Light Bio on a refund or something for the other 5 casualties of shipping in a record heat July in black boxes & bad soil: in fact, 1 plant was still in its peat plug (which looked like a wine cork)! Let you know how it goes...
Mike in Arizona
do the seeds grow tho?
The genetic material is patented. So propagation or sexual reproduction using is prohibited by law. I do know of some individuals who are licensed through the company to work on that, but it is not something I plan to do.