I haven't had very good luck with overwintering peas personally Chaman. I can plant pre-sprouted seeds in the spring and they outgrow the over wintered. But peas are hard to grow here anyway. When it gets warm enough for them to grow it gets too hot, too quick. I threaten to give up every year, but then I try again. If the weather cooperates so that I get plenty I'm so happy! But that only happens about every 4 or 5 years!

Hey Maureen, EEs are often used as indoor plants. They do best with high light levels and lots of water in a well draining soil. There are many different cultivars that require similar care but may vary widly in size and color. Sandy

Woofie and others, I am uncertain if the photoperiod effect is seen in species of Ipomoea other than Ipomoea nil. I have read that if seedlings that are grown under long day/short night conditions for 5 days (that is, 5 days of 16 hours light/8 hours dark) then treated to one cycle of short day/long night (8 hours light/16 hours total dark) will induce flowering in the plants. I say total darkness because any break in the darkness, such as a husband turning on the light for just a brief period, will disturb floral induction. What you can try is popping the container with seedling into a light-tight box for 16 hours and see if flower buds start coming on in a big way. I have seen reports of big flowers appearing on very small vines when they are treated in this manner. I haven't tried it but it would be a cool thing to do. Ronnie, I think those products are compounts for inducing root production in cuttings due to presence of certain plant enzymes. The products I was referring to have mycorrhizal fungi that the root must come in contact with so the fungus and root can form the symbiotic bond by the fungus actually infecting the root. The fungus forms a web out in the soil around the roots, and make Phosphorus and other micronutrients available to plants in exchange for compounds the plants make available to the fungi. Google using search term mycorrhizal fungal products should give you piles of products to try out. Check out the videos that are on You Tube, I just watched the one in the link below and it was pretty informative. Joseph Here is a link that might be useful: Mycorrhizal fungi general discussion on You Tube

Good show, come March you can take all sorts of cuttings! I have easily rooted cuttings in ProMix in approximately ten days or so. Before the ground had froze, I dug up several small volunteer petunia seedlings and potted them up, as I had been quite impressed with the bloom color and variation of some of them, too good to let perish! These little guys are in the basement window, while my large stock plants rest in the attached unheated garage where the temps hovers just above freezing.