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title: "My red wave petunias was doing beautifully and within one week it has…"
description: "My red wave petunias was doing beautifully and within one week it has shriveled up, wilted and is dying. I have been spraying it with hydrogen peroxide…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Donna"
published: "2024-08-22T12:31:03.704155Z"
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# My red wave petunias was doing beautifully and within one week it has…

_Posted by Donna on 2024-08-22_

My red wave petunias was doing beautifully and within one week it has shriveled up, wilted and is dying. I have been spraying it with hydrogen peroxide solution and watering regularly. Suggestions?

## 7 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-08-22

why are you spraying it with peroxide?

#### Donna replied on 2024-08-22

Because it was sticky and I thought it had a fungus. I dilute the hydrogen peroxide and it was doing well until last week

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-08-22

I would stop doing that — it’s not great for the leaves — especially delicate flowers like petunia. It’s a good treatment for root rot and fungus gnat larvae in the soil but unless you’ve got visible fungus I wouldn’t spray the leaves — even then I’d opt for a sprinkle of cinnamon or neem oil

if you are spraying leaves it’s important to only do so in the early morning or the evenings, otherwise the wet leaves will burn in the sun

### Hort Specialist commented on 2024-08-22

I love carbs, her answers are always on point. Bump.

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-08-22

😎💚☀️ back atcha HS

### Donna commented on 2024-08-22

Thank you so much. Will do. How do you apply cinnamon. In water or sprinkled?

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-08-24

just sprinkle it on — it’ll end up watered in eventually i suppose

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