Potting: • 4-5 inch: week 5-16 • basket 8-10inch: weeks 2-6 3 plants per basket Spacing: 4-5 inch: 25-30 pots/m² Growing medium: Growing medium with high structure stability and high air volume, preferably Petunia growing medium pH 5-5,5 Temperature: heating* ventilation 1st-3rd week 65 °F d+n 68-72 °F from 4th week 58 °F d+n 61-65 °F *average temperature during day Pinching: One week after potting Retardants: 0,25% B-nine when shoots reached 1 inch, second treatment is recommended, a third one only if necessary. Moisten plants slightly only. Cool morning: When shoots are 1.5 inch lowering of temperature to 48 °F from 5 a.m. for up to 6 hours. When you use "cool morning", you do not need any growth retardants. Light: High demand for light, shading delays flowering and plant development Irrigation: cultivate dry to achieve more compact growth and early induction and thus lower demand for growth retardants and higher density per m² is possible Feeding: High demand for nutrients. Ensure Fe feeding via irrigation 0.1-0.2% or interval feeding 0.2-0.3%. 1-2x per week feeding with complete fertilizers, e.g. 18-10-18-2. Start 2 weeks after potting at the latest. Use growing medium with pH 5-5.5 and sour fertilizer, so that Fe is available (e.g. assure high supply with Ammonium when N is given) P&D control: Viruses may appear, ensure hygiene! Watch out for powdery mildew and aphids. Take measures for plant protection in the morning, so that the plants can dry by the evening. All recommendations are made with regard to the best of our knowledge. We cannot accept any responsibility for the correctness of this information. Please pay attention to the indications and the publications of the local plant protection authorities and advisory services. Care for Petunias