Saving Petunia Seeds

RE: Saving Petunia Seeds Post By Laura (Guest Post) (04/15/2008) Petunia seeds look like little tiny black balls. They are at the base of the flower. The little pod starts out green then it drys to a tan color. You want to make sure you get the little tiny seeds before the seed pod breaks open. An envelope is a good place to store them, hope this helps. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post By patti (Guest Post) (10/30/2005) i have a yard full of haolf dead petunias and am pulling them out of their beds. half are still flowering but the first frost is here and before i toss them i would love to know what to save as i am a novice gardener who has spent a small fortune and would love to be able to save something. i do not know what the pod is or what a tuber is so please speak in simple terms. thanks for any info. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post By joedupont (Guest Post) (08/08/2005) Where do you find the seeds in petunias. I love them but I just can't seem to find them. Maybe that is why they cost 10,000 dollars a pound. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post by ThriftyFun (3773) | (08/15/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact I've cut off the dry pods and saved them. It would be best to put them in a paper lunch bag until they are thoroughly dry. The problem with a lot of petunias is they are hybrids so they can revert back to the original "parent" plants. You will definitely get petunias from your seeds but they may not look like the ones you took the seeds from. In answer to your question, let some of the flowers die out, don't pick off the blooms. Let them develop the seed pods then let them dry on the plant if possible. Before the seed pods burst open, pick them and put them in a paper bag. Make sure you mark it so you know what is in there. In the spring you should have some petunia seeds. They may not look like your favorite but it's worth a try. If you want the same kind and they are a hybrid, you will have to find out which plants created the hybrid which is a what the botanists do. You could look into it at by searching on creating hybrids in the search engines. Good luck, Susan Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post By Lance (Guest Post) (08/14/2004) Still looking for the answer of where on the flowering Petunia (flower) plant I can harvest the seeds. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post By Sharyl (Guest Post) (06/11/2004) I am also a seed saver but i cant find petunia seeds for the life of me. if any one can tell me what they look like and where on the plant to find them. thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Saving Petunia Seeds and Transplanting Holly Post By (Guest Post) (06/11/2004) I saved wave Petunia seeds last year, and planted them this year. The petunias that came up were different from the plant I took them off of. I saved a deep red seed ( almost purple) And I got a deep red plant, some pink plants and some who are white and red combined. I have no idea what you would do to get the same color that you had last year. They still have the wave effect though. Report Spam or Abuse