I've been growing both moonflowers AND morning glory for three years. I've never had any problems with poisoning despite the fact that I foolishly refuse to use garden gloves, and I've had great success with growing them. Don't pamper moonflower seeds. Thats the problem a lot of people face. YES, they do take 10-20 days to emerge from the soil, yes, keeping them watered regularly is good (don't have them SWIMMING in thier own pot LITTERALLY), but you just need to give them TIME. Yes, they do well in good soil (not clay or gravel soil), but the reason they would rot is... 1. Its humid, hot, wet, moist, and the seeds are all forced to go through this condition... 2. You have maggots in your soil. I dare you to check and not freak out. (be careful when putting your seeds in soil. At least EXAMINE the dirt before you stick the seeds in them.) Another thing. Moonflowers, both the vine AND bush, are poisonous. Don't consume, and don't let your animals consume it either. Indoor animals shouldn't have a problem if you wash your hands after working in the garden. But if you have a neighbor's cat who comes to the back door like I have, and litterally has a police cat stake out on your porch, be careful about where and how you do your planting if you're starting seeds in a pot on your porch, or in your garden where the cat often roams. hope this is useful for those moonflower lovers out there... but you dont have to take my advice. I'm only 13. ^^

Do you have enough peat pots to "transplant" your seedlings into them? Or maybe leftover nursery pots from previous purchases? Just a thought.

This is the only moonflower seed that has sprouted, I have had this seedling for quite awhile, it was looking kind of sickly so I took it out of the window and put it under a fluorescent lamp and it is perking up and I think it is doing better,the leaves are getting bigger and I think it is happy. I water it every time it looks dry on the top of the soil and when I do water I make sure it runs out the bottom, that way I know that I have gotten all the soil wet. Then I let it dry out for awhile and then do it again. When I first took it out of the window, the two smaller leaves were very tiny and now look at them, they certainly have grown. It is strange though, I have planted a bunch of seeds and this is the only one that has sprouted, I can't explain it so I take real good care of this one. Any suggestions or advice will be appreciated thanks.

The plant on todays picture thread was moved back in late April. It wasn't "in the right place". I had a lawn chair over it for about a week, trying to keep the HOT Oklahoma sun off it. Watered it daily too. At first, it looked like it would not survive, but as you can see, it did. Moni