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Factors other than time of day may affect morning glory blossoms?
Comments (3)Cooler temps also keep my mg blossoms open longer. I noticed this a couple of years ago. This year's mg is a volunteer that I trained on a small obelisk. Each evening or two I cut off the spent blooms to keep it from seeding. I expect some seeds to escape my notice so may have a few volunteers next spring anyway. This afternoon I saw a hummingbird trying several mg blossoms but they had all collapsed from the morning thunderstorm....See MoreMorning Glory Cottage
Comments (14)Oh boy am i having to change my plans for planting two lots of Morning Glory,..Red and Blue,..i had thought one on either side of my back door,..lol. Schoolhouse that is a very impressive display,..i am glad to have had an insight into just how vast they grow before i planted mine. Philip...See MoreNeed help growing japanese morning glory
Comments (16)Japanese style MG's are best started indoors and after soaking or using the paper towel method and (in temperatures in the high 70's to high 80's) , check every day or so for those that have sprouted. Germination ph of 7 or 6.5 should be ideal and 6.5 is an ideal ph for the growing medium. Transplant the sprouts into containers (carefully bury the root part while leaving the embryonic leaves above the surface) where they will receive enough moisture to prevent them from drying out and sunlight , but not so strong that it dries the seedlings out quicker than they can maintain hydration. A strong indirect sun will likely provide enough light to get the seedlings on their way to growing into progressive stages of maturity. You can gradually transplant into larger containers and eventually into the ground with proper gradual acclimation into drier and / or conditions of more intense sun. There is definitely some individual experimentation involved to find out what works out best for you in your particular local environment , because (e.g.,) what is direct sun in Rockport,TX may be much more intense than direct sun in a higher latitude. I think that using containers may be the best method for ground that is high in salt content as you have much better control over the growing medium in containers. You must keep the JMG's well watered because they are definitely not as hardy as their more wild ancestors. You can place the containers next to whatever trellis you have for the MG's to climb up onto and larger containers are better than smaller ones as they retain more water (especially if a water reserve is used underneath the container) and larger containers help to prevent the roots from being over-heated by the sun hitting the container , because when the MG's are planted directly in the ground , the roots are not subjected to the same type of heat as in containers. The use of light reflective containers and / or light reflective paint , aluminum foil (Holiday natural looking Green) or water proof mylar (industrial grade for high humidity hydroponics or outside applications) covering the outside of the containers helps to reflect the burning rays of the sun and helps prevent containers from overly drying out. The use of a mulch (such as bark) as a growing medium cover can further reduce premature drying from the intense sun. Hope something I shared may provide food for thought and be of some help. regards, Ron P.S.- I'd like to suggest that you try some of the various Youjiro (Yaguruma or MaiSugata) , as they tend to be a bit hardier and tend to produce more flowers than the pure I.nil....See MoreMorning glories picture
Comments (5)blue_velvet_elvis - Excellent looking support for the MG's...the blooms look large like an Ipomoea tricolor... I've also seen this type of large umbrella rib structure from large beach and table umbrellas used...sometimes with the addition of hanging baskets off the outer ribs and with lines attached to the ground for a living MG 'Maypole' type of look... Very nice(!)... TTY,... Ron...See Moreshadygrove
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