Petunia flowers have Botrytis

cjp1953 · May 31, 2020

Noticed spots on the flowers,looked it up and found pictures of what it is, white spots all over the red blooms.Is there a household item I can treat this with?I gave it a weak fertilizer of Miracle Grow for flowers.Our daughter gave my wife a hanging basket of petunias and I noticed this right away.At first I thought it was old flowers and dead headed the plant but now all the flowers are getting it a day or two after flowering.

clkeiper · May 31, 2020

they will be okay. when we have a few cool nights the moisture on the flowers gives growth to the ruined blossoms. just go over the WHOLE basket and pinch off each and every flower and in atwo or three days you will never know it had it.

cjp1953 · May 31, 2020

That's exactly what I have been doing. I have it hanging next to my hummingbird feeder since it's a red petunia.Thanks,should get my tiller tomorrow and plants planted in my garden.Way to much rain the past week and it's very wet

KarenO · May 31, 2020

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Originally Posted by cjp1953

Noticed spots on the flowers,looked it up and found pictures of what it is, white spots all over the red blooms.Is there a household item I can treat this with?I gave it a weak fertilizer of Miracle Grow for flowers.Our daughter gave my wife a hanging basket of petunias and I noticed this right away.At first I thought it was old flowers and dead headed the plant but now all the flowers are getting it a day or two after flowering.

Personally, if you have tomatoes, I would get rid of it ASAP
KarenO

cjp1953 · May 31, 2020

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Originally Posted by KarenO

Personally, if you have tomatoes, I would get rid of it ASAP
KarenO

This will not be near my garden.

May 31, 2020	#1
cjp1953 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio Posts: 818	Petunia flowers have Botrytis Noticed spots on the flowers,looked it up and found pictures of what it is, white spots all over the red blooms.Is there a household item I can treat this with?I gave it a weak fertilizer of Miracle Grow for flowers.Our daughter gave my wife a hanging basket of petunias and I noticed this right away.At first I thought it was old flowers and dead headed the plant but now all the flowers are getting it a day or two after flowering. Last edited by cjp1953; May 31, 2020 at 12:34 PM.

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clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	they will be okay. when we have a few cool nights the moisture on the flowers gives growth to the ruined blossoms. just go over the WHOLE basket and pinch off each and every flower and in atwo or three days you will never know it had it. __________________ carolyn k

May 31, 2020	#3
cjp1953 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio Posts: 818	That's exactly what I have been doing. I have it hanging next to my hummingbird feeder since it's a red petunia.Thanks,should get my tiller tomorrow and plants planted in my garden.Way to much rain the past week and it's very wet Last edited by cjp1953; May 31, 2020 at 03:07 PM.