Thanks for the info!
I’ve got good black soil that produces a great garden. Petunias? I am good with them until it gets too hot...but that may be partially my fault since I don’t pinch their little heads off.
Probably to late in the year to start this experiment...but I may give a couple of plants a try next spring.
/johnny
If you can lay hands on some decent bedding plants it’s not too late, they haven’t been in the fields that long here. Not sure where you would come up with them though, even in a tobacco growing region. Everybody has their own tobacco beds that I’m aware. Never heard of anyone buying anything but seed for their own beds and then transplanting to the field.
You’ll probably have to start them yourself from seed, on your kitchen windowsill or something. That may push it into next year unless you have a long growing season. They don’t mind a little dry weather once established but do need rain. They will drown out and die if the soil remains waterlogged for very long. A good rain every couple of days interspersed with baking heat that dries the soil is ideal.