Growing a Flowering Wisteria Indoors?
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Comments (1)Hi âÂÂSouthCountryGuyâÂÂ, which information you were searching and you had found. I had some issue on setup of light in indoor cultivation. Hope your information can help me....See MoreInfo. on 'corkscrew' or' shell' vine , wisteria won't flower
Comments (7)The previous post from thistle is correct - pruning, pruning, pruning! Let me guess: the one trained into a tree gets pruned regularly to maintain the tree shape, and the one on the fence just grows wild? There's your answer right there. You have got to stay on top of these things or else they just spread leafy vines everywhere. You have to know a couple of things about how they grow to get it right. Google "pruning wisteria" for more info. To quickly summarize... The flower buds are set at the end of the summer, then grow out and bloom in the spring. The green leafy runners that the vine sends out do not produce any flowers. If you pinch them off the new ones after they have six or eight nodes (sets of leaves), they will develop side shoots that may flower later in the spring or the next year. I have a 25x10 foot wistera here in Chicago that blossoms consistently. I am training it to grow and cover a two-story brick wall, so I am pruning and rearranging it all the time to grow where I want it. I also have another in the same spot. It has never bloomed (it started as just a six-inch sprout two years ago!) but then I have also never pruned it. On 90+ degree days, these things are rampant. I have seen either of them extend a shoot by a foot from one day to the next! When it's cooler, in the 70s, they will barely grow at all....See MoreBest Indoor Grow Lights for 2020! Seeds, indoor vegetables, and more
Comments (1)My experience growing herbs indoors was that I could keep them alive just fine but there was seldomly a meaningful harvest....See MoreAre these wisteria or something else ? Overwinter indoors or out ?
Comments (18)From my experience, I've been able to kill pokeweed simply by pulling up, or cutting the top growth for only 1 season. I wouldn't put it in the same category as the truly invasive Japanese Knotweed or non native Phragmites. Phytolacca americana Is Native and can't be classified as invasive. It's actually quite beautiful and not as deadly as some Fearmongers claim. I've eaten the leaves and fresh berries with no I'll effects whatsoever. (Don't do this at home.) They can reach the size of a small tree. You might consider finding more plant knowledgeable, truthful people to have plant exchanges with in the future. Phytolacca americana is abundant in the east and I've never heard of it being sold or exchanged anywhere, and it most certainly does Not have Blue flowers. Wisteria can destroy the roofs of houses and is another suckering vine that will be appearing Everywhere. Did they give any information about the species, is it a Chinese Wisteria or the native North American Wisteria? You could be waiting 13 years for the Wisteria to bloom. I wouldn't have the patience to wait that long. They certainly won't bloom next year like you were told. Consider other vines in the bean family Fabaceae instead, like Hog Peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata or Scarlet Runner Bean. Don't take any bad advice from members here who don't even know the scientific names of the plants they're telling people to eradicate. And you'd think that after 30 years of being a member they would catch on and retain some info.🤔😏...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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