Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market
by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:14AM
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It’s a pretty reasonable price for a specialty plant. Plants are cheaper at places like Home Depot but those plants are also sick and bring bugs in to your house that can infect your other house plants.
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Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market
by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @01:58PM
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How easy would it be to propagate into multiple plants?
Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market
by Modified3019 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @08:28PM
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Petunias are close to an ideal plant for propagating, it's super easy. I'd bet it's one of the reasons Light Bio chose this type of plant to start out with, it's easy and fast to scale up if needed.
Example of propagating cuttings: https://youtu.be/eK5Ygp5RHTo
Basically, Create a fresh wound, hit it with some hormones, put it in some seed starting gardening mix, add some water, and then cover/protect from direct harsh sun so the clone doesn't lose water faster than it can take it up.
You can even propagate from the leaves: https://youtu.be/4_gsOwWQ6Pw
Do be aware that petunias do NOT like temps under 50 degrees, and freezing will generally wipe them out.