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Preventing Petunia Blossom Blight: Keep Flowers Dry When Watering

Wilted blooms with white/black edges and brown, rotten buds indicate fungal blight from wet flowers (rain, mist, overhead watering). Water at soil level early in the day so foliage dries quickly. You can’t control rain, but you can control irrigation.

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