Help! Morning Glory is overtaking my Garden!
Casey
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Comments (26)This could also be done with the decorative leaved sweet potato varieties, some of which also flower. They look very much like these too in many cases. For them warmth is a key, though; my 55-65 degree kitchen is not warm enough for the cuttings I took last autumn. It worked for my phal orchid and African violet plants, and it has carried my cured onion and garlic bulbs and sweet potato roots very well, but not the sp cuttings. Standard sweet potatoes can also be overwintered as decorative vining plants, but they do not do well if chilled....See MoreWeeds overtaking my Celery/Carrots in New Garden!
Comments (2)I think every gardener can appreciate your situation. If you have seeded veggies in rows, I have found the best way is to get down on the knees on a garden pad and pull them by hand. I can quickly pull the weeds in between the rows and then I focus on the weeds closer to the veggie seedlings. I pull them carefully, one at a time, around the vegetable seedlings. I then hill some soil around the disturbed veggie seedlings and carefully water as soon as possible to minimize plant stress. I think the number one trick is to pull weeds when they are small - they are easier to pull and have smaller root systems so the veggie seedlings are disturbed as little as possible. Once the area is weeded, maintain it by pulling some of the new weeds every time you go to the garden. If the weeds near the veggie seedlings are too big to safely pull, then cut them off with a pruning shears and continue to remove any new growth until your veggies are harvested. I do not do block planting so I have no advice to offer you if this is your seeding method other than to remove the weeds when they are young. Whatever happens, do not give up on gardening. Weeds are very frustrating but you will be better off stress-wise by accepting that this problem will occur every season. Weeds must be dealt with to get a good harvest so experiment and find what works best in your situation. Many, many weed control methods and strategies exist out there and are used with varying degrees of success. Good Luck! -Tom...See MoreJapanese Morning Glories in my garden 2007
Comments (5)Joseph, yours are beautiful. I'm still new at this, growing some of the common ones. Also got Star of India, Pink Tie Die, Sun Smile Violet, Murasaki, Maisugata, Cameo elegance & Beni Chidori which I can't tell the difference, Chocolate, Ochracea since last fall even though it's not blooming, Good Morning Blue and a couple others that I don't have tags for, have to wait till they bloom to find out. I think it's From Mary's on Ebay (probably the Good Morning ones). Enjoy seeing the ones you grow! Helena...See MoreMorning Glories + Fencing.. 1st time gardener?
Comments (14)Your vines appear to be Ipomoea purpurea (since you say this is a mix, you may find another species mixed in when flowering really gets underway); pink flowers with darker stripes and a white center is a common pattern in this species. I've seen this variety sold under several different names by seed companies and eBay sellers. The other major gardening site has pictures of it under the name Pink Rambler. Ipomoea purpurea varieties mix freely among themselves. This species produces a lot of pollen and is very attractive to bees. If you see any unusual types in your planting you want to be certain of having in the future, you will need to bag or tie off a few of the flowers before they open, mark the resulting pods, and save these seeds. Even then, in this case it isn't certain they will come true since your current vines originated from open pollinated seeds you saved from a mix that itself was probably from an open pollinated source....See MoreLaura B.
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