growing moonflowers indoors?
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Comments (1)I always germinate mine in a damp paper towel in a zip lock bag for two days. After they have sprouted, throw them on the ground and toss some humus or organic top soil on them. That's all they will need and they will take off for ya! I think it will look fabulous there!!...See MoreAnyone try growing Datura or Moonflower?
Comments (6)Hi there, I love daturas, they're one of my very favorite flowers. I've grown them here in the Phoenix area for several years and really, really enjoy them. I've carried plants and seeds to and from various gardens. Since this past winter was so mild, my daturas didn't die to the ground in dormancy like they do some years, so they have a head start this year and are already making their first flower buds of the season. I'm excited. I love the scent, and the crazy large size, and the fact that they open in the evening when I can really enjoy them. They're easy to grow and keep happy. My best plants get half a day sun (though they will tolerate full sun, but will be a bit stunted). Planted against an east-facing wall is a terrific spot so they get gentle morning sun, mid day sun, and then they are shielded from the hottest afternoon sun. I toss a little water on them once or twice a week in summer and that's it. They will self-sow and you'll have plenty of babies to share or relocate. During chilly winters (for here) they will die to the ground, but they pop right up when the temps warm up. The only "trouble" I've ever had with them is that their seeds usually need stratification, where they get alternating cool, warm, wet, dry conditions to sprout. So if I get seeds and plant them in a nice pot indoors they often don't sprout, but if I take those same pots and put them outside in autumn the seeds sprout in spring after they "know" they've had a winter and it's over. I hope that makes sense. If I want extras, I plant the seed outside in the ground or in pots in autum and have seedlings in spring (like now). Some commercial seed is pre-treated to sprout, so that's not an issue, and sometimes seed is old enough that it's ready to sprout without treatment, so give them a try indoors if you'd like. Just remember if they don't sprout they may do so later. I've have some where I planted five seeds and one sprouts right away, and I plant the whole pot of soil into the ground, and then not until the following spring do the other four seeds sprout, lol. Anyway, once you get your first plant up and growing you're set. I remove fading blossoms for most of the summer so that the plant keeps blooming, then in late summer I let a few flowers stay on the plant to become seed pods and I just scatter the seeds in the ground or in pots when the seed pods break open. I do love daturas! Just remember they're pretty toxic (which is different from poisonous) to most mammals. Tomato hornworms love to eat their foliage too, but I don't mind when I have large plants since the hornworms become the beautiful hovering hawkmoths that will come back to pollinate the blooms during summer nights. If you don't like them, or don't like the damage, you can sprinkle BT bacteria on the foliage and it will kill the caterpillars, but again I just let them go as long as the bulk of the plant is okay. I've had the best luck with Datura meteloides, but have several other species growing too. Good luck! I haven't tried moonflowers here, so maybe someone else can share. Again, keep us posted. :) Take care and have fun, Grant...See Moretrying the moonflowers inside again
Comments (17)Here are two more buds, they are both growing at the same time! I will either have two that bloom together or close to the same time, I am so happy that I had one bud bloom, I was not expecting more. I guess my grandmother did leave me her green thumb! Thanks grandma!!! God bless her soul, she was a great influence in my life and I sure do miss her when a particular flower gives me trouble, she was someone I could go to when I had a plant question. I know she would have loved the moonflower bloom....See MoreDo you grow moonflower?
Comments (17)I grew Moonflower vine (Ipomoea Alba) for my Mom 3 years ago. She was from El Salvador, and Moonflowers there are called "Galán de noche" ( "Handsome by night".) The Moonflowers I grew here are not the same as in El Salvador, but they were close enough for Mom. I germinated the seeds in April, and planted them at the very beginning of May. By the time July rolled around, they had taken over! They are beautiful, and smell delicious, but are horrendous to cut down when the season is over. They dropped seeds everywhere, and 3 years later, I'm still getting Moonflower seedlings popping up! Here's a pic from 2012:...See More- 19 years ago
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