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    VictorBy VictorSeptember 9, 2022Updated:September 9, 2022No Comments7 Mins Read
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    Table of Contents

    • About CannonBall Petunias
    • Get The Best Out Of Your CannonBall Petunias
    • CannonBall Petunias | Growing Tips
      • 1. Feed Your Plants Every 7 Days
      • 2. Pruning Or Cutting Back
      • 3. Watering Requirements
      • 4. Sunlight Requirements
      • 5. Pinch Stems To Make Your Flowering Bushes Fuller
      • 6. Picking The Right Containment
      • 7. Choose the Best Planting Area
    • Summarily
    • Conclusion

    The CannonBall Petunia is one of the most popular petunia varieties. The beauty of these flowers and their beautiful blooms will make you want to grow them in your garden.

    However, if you want your plants to thrive, you must know how to take care of them properly.

    With these 7 tips for growing CannonBall Petunias, you will be able to grow great-looking petunias that will create a long-lasting impression and give you flowers throughout the year.

    About CannonBall Petunias

    CannonBall Petunias
    CannonBall Petunias

    Ideal for premium pots and hanging baskets, CannonBall petunias, otherwise known as Lecythidaceae, offer excellent uniformity in habit and timing across all colors. 

    The variants and compact habits make it easy to grow for container production. The series is early to bloom, and all colors finish within a week of each other.

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    Get The Best Out Of Your CannonBall Petunias

    So, what is it that makes CannonBall Petunias so great? It’s not just the color or the shape. It is also the fact that these plants will grow in almost any type of soil, even poor ones. 

    When you plant your cannonballs, make sure to use well-drained soil with good moisture retention.

    They’re also pretty easy to care for and need no special treatment beyond keeping them watered regularly, and giving them a little fertilizer once in a while once per week is enough.

    If you want to keep their leaves from drooping over time, and if your garden space allows, simply pinch off new shoots after they reach about two inches tall before planting them into your landscape plan.

    CannonBall Petunias | Growing Tips

    1. Feed Your Plants Every 7 Days

    Feeding plants is one of the best ways to keep them healthy and growing. It’s important to feed them every seven days because this allows the plant to develop new roots and grow faster.

    To ensure you are giving your petunias what they need, use a balanced fertilizer with high nitrogen content, such as 10-10-10 or 20-20-20; the numbers refer to different parts per million.

    Also, ensure you use a high phosphorus content fertilizer such as 5-0-3 (this number refers to parts per million). If you want more information on fertilizers and which ones are best for specific plants, head over here!

    2. Pruning Or Cutting Back

    You should prune your plant to keep it from getting too tall. If a stem is growing out of proportion, you can cut it back so that the plant has a more manageable shape and growth habit.

    You should prune your plant to keep it from getting too long or out of proportion. This can happen if your plant has grown too long for its pot size or the room in the pot isn’t enough for all of the roots, which get stretched out over time as they grow longer and thicker after planting into the soil.

    You will want to ensure you have enough room around each stem before cutting it back down again so that none of them become bare spots where nothing grows!

    You should prune your plant so that there aren’t any bare areas left behind after trimming away some dead branches.

    Otherwise, these areas could become breeding grounds for disease-causing fungi or pests like slugs who love nothing more than laying eggs under moist soil where no one would ever find them unless we were looking specifically for them.

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    3. Watering Requirements

    Cannonball petunias are perennial, which means they can grow in the ground for many years. They prefer full sun and moist soil. The soil should be moist at all times but not wet so that the roots do not rot.

    Cannonball petunias need regular watering to thrive and bloom well. If you don’t see new growth after several weeks, check your watering schedule to ensure it’s correct for this particular strain of plant.

    If you notice your cannonball petunias have yellowed leaves or are drooping over time, this could mean they’re thirsty.

    Check with a garden center or local nursery about how much water your area receives during different seasons.

    Watch out for any signs of drought-like browning leaves or wilting stalks before giving them too much water at once; then adjust their frequency accordingly.

    4. Sunlight Requirements

    The CannonBall Petunia is a sturdy, upright variety that can withstand full sun or partial shade. It will do well in a wide range of soil types and pH levels, making it easy to grow indoors as well.

    CannonBall Petunias are also known for their compact habit and lack of branching or spiny stems. 

    5. Pinch Stems To Make Your Flowering Bushes Fuller

    Pinching the stem of your cannonball petunias is another way to encourage more blooms.

    Once they are in flower, pinch out the tops of each plant. This will make them fuller with more flowers and add length to your bush.

    6. Picking The Right Containment

    When choosing a containment for your plant, remember a few things. First, make sure it can contain your plant.

    The ideal size is about two inches larger than the plant’s root ball, so if you have an 18-inch-tall petunia (about 36 inches tall), go ahead and buy some 30-inch pots.

    The next thing to consider is drainage holes: these will allow excess water to drain out of the bottom of your container when it rains or gets watered heavily by accident.

    This can help prevent rotting roots from breaking through their boundaries if they’re submerged underwater during high tide or heavy downpours.

    Too many drainage holes can cause excess splashing because nothing has anywhere to go except into whatever container happens upon first contact with surface waters’ sprayings!

    Finally, put something on top. It could be anything like plastic leaves caught between two pieces of wood. 

    Either way works just fine because air bubbles will rise through them naturally as soon as sunlight hits them again after being covered up under nightfall darkness hours ago.”

    7. Choose the Best Planting Area

    While it is understandable that your cannonball petunias need the best of everything, sunlight, water, and care, the right area for planting and placements (In the case of pots-stored Petunias) will better expose them to these needs. Therefore:

    • Plant in full sun.
    • Plant in well-drained soil. This can be done with compost or potting soil, but if you’re planting directly into the ground, make sure it’s sandy loam and not clayey!
    • Plant them about 6 inches apart for best results.

    Summarily

    You can have the best Cannonball Petunias if you remember these tips:

    • Appropriately feed your plants.
    • Prune or cut back branch tips to encourage fullness, but don’t prune them too much, as this can cause damage to the plant’s stem and leaves.
    • Watering and sunlight requirements for cannonball petunias are not difficult to meet. However, if you have them in an area with hot summers or dry winters, it’s a good idea to give your plants more frequent watering than usual so that they don’t wilt or die prematurely.

    You should water young plants at least once per week. At the same time, mature ones may take more tender care during rainy seasons.

    It should also be done once every other week during dry periods such as wintertime when temperatures tend towards freezing levels which could harm them if left unattended too long without proper care.

    Conclusion

    It is easy to lust over the idea of having beautiful cannonball petunias. They are so lovely and popular, but they also have a reputation for being difficult to grow.

    We hope the tips in this article have helped you learn how to care for your plants so they will be full of color and blossom all summer long.

    Victor

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