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Morning Glory growing too fast.

Busy_LizzieBusy_Lizzie Posts: 5
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When I transplanted Morning Glory from seed trays to 5" pots, it grew so fast that I had to stick tall canes in and now the plants are reaching the top of these, but I haven't hardened them off yet and it is too cold to put them out and I don't know how I shall get them out of the pots if they survive? Also, do I feed them in the pots?  

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    When I did that some years back,  I planted them around the edges of large pots and put bamboo canes in .., and kept them in my studio in the garden which was the best option I had as it was fairly light and frost free. However it wasn’t really warm enough and the leaves turned pale and they sulked. 
    Now I never sow them until the end of April here in Norfolk ... don’t know how that compares with your climate 🤔 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I sow mine very late as well @Dovefromabove, not till early May here, to go outside mid June. They really do not like the cold.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Busy_LizzieBusy_Lizzie Posts: 5
    This is the second year for my Margaret Hunt clematis.  I had to train it back to the fence where wire-netting supported it 3/4 of the way up, next came a gap and further up some privacy trellis. This meant that I had to tie in the floppy top branches which when flowering were battered by wind and rain. Also, Magpies were walking along the top of  the fence and hammering on it with their beaks. In addition to this, there are blackberry brambles massed on the other side of this fence. However, the clematis still seemed to flourish until suddenly all the flowers went limp and stayed that way for several days. Buds did not open. I then loosened the ties, but a friend suggested this was not right so I tied the stems up again and noticed that the top was damaged. Some said water it more. Some said water it less. I have now cut the plant right down since the leaves were limp and yellow and some sooty and dead, but I may have gone too far because there are only two little branches left and they don't look too good. 
    Do I give up on this clematis? 
    And if I plant another, would it be a different variety?
    I could try to plant it further back, but the soil is quite shallow and not too good.
    I had thought of a climbing rose, although the roses in front have black spot and are quite old. (They were in the garden when we came).
    Any suggestions at all would be welcome!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    Morning Glory growing too fast.

    My lips are sealed.  o:)
    Devon.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    😂
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    I planted morning glory plants out and they haven't grown an inch......
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Mine did nothing for weeks but I have noticed they are now doing well. Good luck! 
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    I sowed mine really late this year due to the weather conditions, early June. They came up within 4 days and are growing well now. Still haven't planted any out yet as my first sowing are part of my daughter's birthday present, a garden obelisk and 12 Morning Glory plants for June 28th. I made a second sowing for myself even later so am waiting for them to be big enough to plant out. My first sowing are in the greenhouse and have just started climbing the canes I gave them a couple of days ago.
    I love them.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Pinch out the growing tip. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Bijdezee said:
    Pinch out the growing tip. 
    Ouch !
    Devon.
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