would it be ideal to grow morning glory next to a lake shore just find a spot that has good moist soil and throw some seeds down and turn the soil a few times with a pick and let it sit to see what happenes (i say lake nex tto water so its very low matinance all you gotta do is go and harvest considering some people consider this plant an intrucive weed)[/i]
I wouldn't plant them where the soil is wet most of the time. Just plant the seeds in a sunny spot and nature will do the rest.
What would the germination rate be of say, 25 seeds planted along a public fence? Would they need to be watered at all?
Rife
i was thinking more along the lines of a hill side that slopes into the lake that gets watered often yet the slope alowes for it to be drained. but my big questiong is when the seeds grow are tehy big or small becuase if they are small then it could be a problem with picking them out of the grass
Dont worry about the seeds. When they germinate they grow pretty tall... and fast. When its time to harvest, just pick the dried and crispy seed pods. This is a weed of a plant
two questions here--
(i grew them on the ground next to my fence)
ok i got my morning glory planted and out of the 4 seeds i used only one sprouted (so i think) what does the MG plant look like as a baby? the thing thats growing im pretty sure is MG but i also though i was growing spearmint when it was just a weed i was growing so can someone tell me what it looks like my plany looks like a long stem about 2 - 3 inches long and has two leaves that are a long oval shape, but the leaves have been eaten there are holes on it, it looks horrible so im gonna buy some stuff for it to kill the bugs but what should i get?
Quote from: "jus407"two questions here--
(i grew them on the ground next to my fence)
ok i got my morning glory planted and out of the 4 seeds i used only one sprouted
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but the leaves have been eaten there are holes on it, it looks horrible so im gonna buy some stuff for it to kill the bugs but what should i get?
get insecticidal soap. it's made from plants (has pyrethrins in it) and kills bugs.
The leaves should be heart shaped...the first things you see, not true leaves, are wierd-shaped...not sure how to explain it... kinda like an "M"?i guess...
good luck.
well i pulled the plant yesterday because i moved, so im going to replant and i will use insecticide before planting this time.
Just plant them near a tree or a fence. They need something to grow up on. They are vines you know.
yea well i have about 100 seeds soaking right now and just about all of them have white tips sprouting so i think its time to plant em ill plant em and try to document there growth for all to see.
the leaves look like hearts, nice round heart, the 1st set from the germination will look more like nearts with the point cut out, kinda looks like a figure 8 without the holes.
can try sacrificion aswell, nick the seed coat and soak in some warm water for a while to improve germination.
I would advise against planting a heap of morning glories in the ground, particularly among other plants next to a river. They are very vigorous, and unless you control them they can overrun very quickly. Here in Sydney, we have a huge problem with morning glories invading native bushland.
There is no doubt that morning glories have beautiful flowers. I've grown them in pots and ensured to keep them under control. The Heavenly Blue (I. tricolor) weren't all that vigorous, but the Scarlett O' Hara (I. nil) produced many seeds (100+ out of the 6 that I planted) and grew like wildfire.
So yeah, I just advise not to plant them in an area where they can easily get out of hand.
Yeah Vigorous is being polite!!!!!.......they can grow up and over anything, the tallest tree, whatever, then choke off its light, kill it, and down it comes.....very impressive......it can put out a 20 underground runner to get somewhere it wants to go to....all the time, rooting and rooting
.....I've never gotten seeds off of my particular "enemy" vine... a Heavenly Blue......( I've battled it for years) but I did just planted some gift seeds in pots with some other passionflowers......maybe let them run over the greenhouse and give it some shade..... :roll:
does anyone have any information with making wine out of the flowers of morning glory? it says on erowid you can make tastefull wine out of the pedals of MG if so please share! i want to try it but since my plants ahae been failures and the only one to grow had to be pulled due to the move i have no source for pedals and woudld like some to try it out if anyone has any please let me know or ebtter yet try it yourself! and let me know!