Are you direct sowing outside or are you transplanting? I find Morning Glories very easy or very difficult to grow and to be honest I am not sure why it's usually easy, but sometimes they just won't live. My best success comes from soaking the seeds for 24 hours and then direct seeding into the ground. My second best success comes from 24 hour soak and then germinate indoors, but I transplant into the ground as soon as a true leaf has emerged, I do not wait for the plants to develop a leader. I have tried them once in a container and they all died (don't know why), but in the ground they usually do fine. The moral here is if growing them one way doesn't work out, try it another way. Before too long they will 'take' and after that they grow like crazy.

My ivy leafed small light blue morning glories bloomed first and got to about four foot tall. The Early morning, or tall mix got tallest at about ten foot and bloomed much later. Because they needed to be sown after frost I didn't see a lot of difference between my direct sown and winter sown. I didn't use the best soil though and my drainage was bad. This year I'm doing more and will be direct sowing for ease of planting out.

skippy05 - I grow as many as I 'can' at my residence in Netcong with the limited space here that gets enough sun,although I do grow additional plants with local friends and with those whom I network with across the country... I do start some of the MG's that I grow inside,but I usually wait until the outdoor weather is very close to being frost free,since there's only a couple of windows in this house that get full sun... Many people enjoy success starting MG's earlier indoors by using supplemental electric lighting... The somewhat diluted coloration of the "Flying Saucers" pictured above that starts looking like "Blue Star" can also sometimes look the same way the entire season,but if you look at the area between the primary folds where the darker blue pigment forming the star pattern is,you will notice the prescence of the darker streaks...this type of darker streaking in the area between the primary folds is common in "Flying Saucers",but is very rarely(if ever) seen in unadulterated "Blue Star"... I'm suggesting taking note of the streaking/spotting feature in between the 'star' pattern because pure "Blue Star" cultivars will not exhibit this type of streaking...and the presence or abscence of the streaking inbetween the primary folds can be used as an indicator to distinguish a pure "Blue Star" from a "Flying Saucers" that is not displaying alot of the blue pigment in between the primary folds... Thanks for the well intentioned compliment of 'expert',but I have an aversion to being called an 'expert'...I enjoy sharing from my experience and if anyone likes the content of my postings,I would like to suggest that a simple appreciative 'Thank You' to be well in order and most graciously liberal... Enjoy(!)... TTY,... Ron

Sounds like a 4 footed critter is enjoying your morning glory vines. I would put my bets on a chipmunk as the culprit. In the past, I have had the same problem. What i have found is hanging windchimes around the plants at a very low level keeps the critters away. I have a collection of really cheap ones that I've gotten at dollar stores and use those. The other thing is those vines that where chewed off will be fine. You will soon find new stems branching out from where the pieces was taken off. It's sort of like a critter pinching your vine for you instead of you doing it yourself. Fran