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Morning Glory

grahamgovangrahamgovan Posts: 9
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Like most of you who subscribe to GW, I planted out my Morning Glory seeds, with great anticipation, as the picture of the flowers looked amazing. It's now late August with not a flower or bud in sight! Have others found this? Any suggestions what I might do for next year, as I've more seeds?
Thank you
Gwen
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    It has been a really tough summer this year, remaining cold until quite late. My Morning Glory [ not from GW ] have only just stared flowering.
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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Our MG flowered last year in June! This year (from seeds collected) it started flowering in August. In the morning they are fabulous. The bees love them so more seeds to collect for next year sowing.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Mine have only started flowering in the last couple of weeks too. Last summer was (much) hotter and they started earlier. Give them a sheltered spot in full sun if you can (having said that, mine are on the east side of the house so the sun moves off in the afternoon). Starting them earlier only works if you've a heated greenhouse or conservatory, and even then they might grow too leggy.
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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Mine have been flowering since early July ( SW UK ).  In a raised bed, E/W aspect and quite shady.  I find them one of the easiest annual climbers and as a backdrop for the brilliant red annual poppies, they really please the eye.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine have been flowering since mid June. I collected seed from the dark one I've been growing for a couple of years, and they went outside around the end of May. Sown in March and indoors until then.  I have large numbers of them crammed into large pots.
     
    Contrary to what many people suggest, mine get fed well, and had slow release food on planting, and they get well watered. Once the foliage gets going, rain doesn't get in, even though we've not had any real shortage of that, despite the drier, hotter spell in May/June. I also deadhead regularly, same as with the sweet peas. 
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  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    Mine not flowering either, though very big and a mass of leaves (same - GW free seeds). I'm stumped; I did wonder if they had too much nutrient - they're in a big pot of multi-purpose with some John Innes #2 and a bit of grit mixed in. But no feeding.

    The @punkdoc  response on late flowering gives me some hope!
  • WLDWLD Posts: 4
    Hi Gwen, I am in zone 4b (very cold winters in Ontario) and I have found my ‘GrandpaOtts’, deep purple MG’s flower first before everything else in June when I have left seed from the previous year to germinate. (Because they need the freeze/ thaw to crack the hard seed shell)…
    Just wondering, if you started your seed indoors, did you soak or nick the outer coating /give it a slight scuff to allow soaking water in - till they swell slightly? (Forgive me if u already know all those tricks…)
    if I wait for mother nature in my short growing location to get them going, they flower too late.  

    When seeded the fall before, I’ve had years where I can’t stop them ! and they’ve grown almost 15’high - absolutely loaded in blooms without doing anything to help them.(and I especially don’t give them food Otherwise they will reseed my entire garden where I don’t want them. !) I only seeded once up against the length of my fence and they now regularly do the seeding for me every year. Usually I need to pull out quite a few volunteers from not cutting off half the seed pods in the fall…

    If you have lots of leftover seed, I can’t recommend enough putting them in where you want them to be next year, at the end of this season to overwinter in the ground for earliest blooms…and they definitely do need really good morning sunshine, but will close up in the heat of the day. 

  • ObsessedPlantswomanObsessedPlantswoman Posts: 69
    Hey graham I was thinking the same thing.Am in Surrey and started the seeds off in the greenhouse. my MG have wound their way to the top of the trellis but no buds in sight. What a Swizz!
  • Artemis3Artemis3 Posts: 751
    Mercifully mine, in London, have never failed to bloom.  Not yet!
  • PhaidraPhaidra Posts: 582
    I am one of the lucky ones too.  For the last 10 years, my MG has germinated, bloomed, set seed, died over winter and regerminated in the same pot, in the same soil, grew, bloomed, set seed etc. all by itself.  Last winter's freezing weather, has not scared it a bit.  

    Belief in miracles, plain neglet, or both sometimes work!

    This year, it's been blooming its socks off since early June.









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