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Re:Bioluminescent Petunias at Home by Modified3019 on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:21PM (#40004565)
The seeds can result in glowing plants, but it’s not reliable enough to market or expect to have good results: https://old.reddit.com/r/ginkgobioworks/comments/1bdzzhw/any...

>The seeds do not yet breed true; that requires a much longer development timeline.

Instead I’d suggest learning to propagate via cuttings, which petunias are one of the easiest plants to try with. Which they are fine with: https://old.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/1aw14j3/genetica...

>And no problem making new plants from seed or cutting. We just don’t want you to set up a new business (took us 10 years to make this plant, so yeah…).

Re:Bioluminescent Petunias at Home by kseistrup on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:25PM (#40004590)
Good find. Thanks for the link.