My petunia is bearing a whole bunch of seeds, how should I plant them next year?

I bough a hanging petunia in may, and I was so stupid I used miracle gro everyday on it for about 2 weeks. I though it would have died but now its huge, and overgrown. Last week I started seeing brown stems with brown pockets. I got an evelope and opened up the pockets and a whole bunch of tiny black seeds came out. I have a lot of them, how should I plant them next year? Should I sow them indoors first. I need some advice on this one.


p.s, one last thing, my sweet peas are only about a foot high, i started growing them in may and they are so short. when will they flower? should i sow them inside next year in march?


Thanks.

My petunia is bearing a whole bunch of seeds, how should I plant them next year?
Yes--next Spring plant your Petunia seeds inside in several large planters using potting soil.


There are alot more seeds in one little pod than you may think.





About your Sweetpeas. Need to start them inside also.


Not sure where you live but even in Northren N.Y. there is still plenty of growing season left.





Have Fun Gardening !!! :)))
Reply:Don't!
Reply:You absolutely can plant your petunia seeds. I grow petunias from seed every year, some on purpose, most 'do it themselves'. I have about a 5 foot area below my deck that is a spectacular display of self-sown petunias. I have a walk-out basement, so deck is one story off the ground. I have planters on my deck railing and usually put petunias in them, along with other things. Under my deck is pea gravel. The seed from the petunias fall from the deck and apparently the pea gravel must be great for starting the seeds. I would have never planted anything in the gravel, but several years ago when I was pulling up the occasional weed, I though one looked like a petunia and let it grow. It was a silver wave petunia that grew many feet wide (like I'd had in the planters the year before). Now get more and more every year. They are cross-breeding and giving me varieties I have never purchased, like dark pink and white stripped. I call it 'my great petunia breeding experiment'. People don't believe I never planted anything there. I do nothing and it looks great.
Reply:Those tiny seeds will not result in a very nice petunia next year. Most of the petunias we buy as plants are hybrids... their seeds generally return the plant to it's natural state when they grow... also- it's not likely the colors will be the same as the plant the seeds came from. Yet, as a side project it can be fun to cultivate a small natural petunia or two. (But don't count on having to "not buy" your petunia's again next year!)