Success Red Trailing Petunia Seeds - Petunia, 20 seeds

Quantity: 20 Seeds / pack

Success Red is a trailing petunia with vivid red blooms on vigorous spreading plants. Made for hanging baskets, window boxes, and large containers where the stems can cascade, it flowers continuously from early summer to frost.

Why choose our seeds?

• Vivid red blooms on cascading stems
• Vigorous spreader for baskets and large containers
• Continuous bloom from early summer to frost

How to grow Success Red Trailing Petunia seeds

Choose Your Planting Method

• Indoors: Start 8–10 weeks before the last frost — petunias need a long head start.
• Outdoors: Not recommended; direct sowing gives a very short season.

Prepare Your Materials

• Seed-starting trays or pots
• Fine seed-starting mix
• Humidity dome or plastic wrap
• Spray bottle for misting

Sowing the Seeds

• Sow on the surface and do not cover — petunia seeds need light to germinate.
• No pre-treatment is needed.

Provide the Right Conditions

• Light: Bright light; uncovered seeds must receive light.
• Temperature: 72–77°F (22–25°C) for the fastest, most even germination.
• Humidity: Cover with a dome or wrap and mist to keep the surface moist.

Germination

• Seedlings emerge in 7–14 days at warm temperatures (up to 21 days in cooler conditions).
• Remove the cover once sprouts appear; keep soil moist and give strong light to avoid leggy seedlings.

Transplanting

• Pot up when seedlings have a few true leaves.
• Move outdoors after the last frost; harden off first.
• Space plants 10–15 inches apart — trailing types need room to spread.

Care Tips

• Sun: Full sun — at least 6 hours daily for heavy blooming.
• Water: Water regularly; container plants may need daily watering in summer heat.
• Fertilizer: Feed every 2–3 weeks with a balanced fertilizer; petunias are heavy feeders.
• Pinch young stems for bushier plants, deadhead spent blooms, and cut back leggy stems mid-season for a fresh flush.

Bloom Time:

Early summer to frost with regular deadheading.