Cultivation - Transplanting Morning Glories can be done.

[Cakes]

SWIM is seeing good growth on morning glories only 36 hours after transplant.

The flowers were moved from an 8 oz cup to a one gallon bucket when they had 1-2 sets of leaves. The roots had just reached the bottom of the 8 oz cup which was a surprise to SWIM since SWIM has seen more than double that root growth on other plant species like tomatoes and marijuana.

SWIM just turned the cup upside down and the soil ball slid right into SWIM's hand and then SWIM replanted the soil ball into the one gallon pot. The soil in the pot had already been wet down and no additional water was given after transplant since MG's are known for being fans of drought.

Three varieties were transplanted. A heavenly blue and three tri-color plants were in the cup along with a white (moonflower) and all are doing well in the gallon container under fluorescents now.

pic of seedlings and containers

[Humanity]

Well, congrats
Keep us posted.
Always delighting to read a young botanist's experiences.

[Cakes]

Well I thought I'd post up about SWIM's grow since there is a lot of text around that says morning glories do not do well if they are transplanted. Thanks for your encouragement.

The vines are growing fine at day 13 after the transplant and they are 29 days old in total since popping out of the ground. The longest vine is about 20in/50cm. In the pic you can see that the tip of the vine trails back into the picture frame in the top left corner.

SWIM added a fourth type of seed to the pot. It is a variety I have not seen before. The flower is a mix of blue and white. The seeds are shaped like the heavenly blue and moonflower seeds, they aren't round like the tri-colors but they ARE small like the tri-color seeds, about half the size of heavenly blues and moonflowers. And the seed is white like the moonflower, not black like the heavenly blue seeds. I wonder if they are psychoactive, it would be neat if they are because the variety is called "Flying Saucer".

[Cakes]

Day 68 the Heavenly Blue opened the first bloom. All six seeds in the gallon pot are growing well although smaller than usual as expected due to the close spacing of the plants and small pot size. The vines are more than 6ft/2m long. Only the very bottom of the vine is in direct light but the rest of the leaves have normal color as well. It's a good choice for low light situations maybe.

The flower bloom has a richer, deeper blue coloring than any we've seen before. It might be a fluke but it's interesting. The vine is getting some of it's light through a blue filter.

It definitely doesn't like a lot of food. Every time it gets a dose of full strength fertilizer it's leaves turn yellow. It's happened a few times..oops. She just wanted good soil and plenty of water until at least bloom time. These plants in particular might not get the customary drought during flower because they are intended to live a long life and a drought might send the wrong signal.

[meep]

Swims MG seeds sprung up over night.
Swim soaked the seeds in warm water mixed with some baby bio (Plant food) for about 5 hours, swim noticed the seeds had tiny white 'eyes' on the seeds. Swim sprinkled the seeds into a small 5in pot with damp top soil. covered them with a light layer of dirt and left in the daylight.

When swim woke up roughly 9 hours later his seeds had grown about a quarter of a cm and were growing the wrong way out of the soil! swim covered them in another thin layer of soil and left them over night again. The seeds have now bent over and are growing according to gravity (phew) Swim is shocked and very excited at the speed of his seeds.

swim will try to get some photos tonight.

ps - Flying Saucers are psychoactive but not as potent as heavenly B.

Reputation Comments on this post:

thanks for the info

[Cakes]

thanks for that information about the Flying Saucers, Friend. And I congratulate SWIY on his overachieving sprouts.

I previously posted about the color of SWIM's bloom being unusually deep and vibrant and so I will tell y'all that later that night the bloom actually ended up being purple/pink. It opened as blue but changed sometime during the day. I have never seen a heavenly blue do that before and so I may have misidentified this bloom originally. It may be the tri-color vine that produced that flower. I have never grown the tri-colors before and so I am not sure if it is their habit to change color like that.

I hope I discover the truth but I will be lucky to get many reports of blooms from these vines since SWIM cannot seem to resist feeding them when she is there in her garden with fert jug in hand, he he, she gets excited I guess. still. after all this time

SWIM IS ADDICTED TO FERTILIZING! help me!!!!!!!

and i'm sorry but my comp is addicted to eating my stuff and so i don't seem to have the pic of the changed flower. if i find it i will post it.

[RedEyedGuy]

The Bananna boy successfully transplanted his morning glory, bout 4 inches high, outside.
Seemed to be doing well until Bananna dad pulled it out thinking it was a weed!
Damn gardeners...

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thanks for the report on transplanting to outside. and welcome to d-f!

[Cakes]

ha ha. Sounds like Dad isn't the only one wandering about committing mad acts of gardening.

A circle of rocks around the plant is an old gardener's trick and it is a universal signal that a plant is under cultivation. even an orderly border of twigs can look pretty official.

[sunyata]

Originally Posted by Cakes

I hope I discover the truth but I will be lucky to get many reports of blooms from these vines since SWIM cannot seem to resist feeding them when she is there in her garden with fert jug in hand, he he, she gets excited I guess. still. after all this time

SWIM IS ADDICTED TO FERTILIZING! help me!!!!!!!

What kind of fertilizer did you use, mineral or organic?

Swim has currently sprouted pearly gates, heavenly blue and flying saucers and wants to experiment with the nutrients.
Do you think the yellowing might come from too much nitrogen?
If so, maybe bloom recipes for cannabis would be better, or have you already tried this?
Anything you can tell me about the soil and nutrients you have tried would be very helpfull.

Also, some people have noticed that it is very difficult to overdose, say, cannabis for instance, when growing in coco, maybe this would be a better medium for MGs.
It might seem like a lot of work for that kind of herb, but some of us have time to experiment and like to keep our thumbs green while awaiting trial.

There should be growing section in the ethno forum.

[meep]

Quick piccys of my MG - want to put them outside now the uk weather is warming up but they've tied them selves up too tight! Swims plants had a funny 5 days a week ago, wasn't sure what they needed but they seemed to come through and are showing some small flower buds.

[Cakes]

They are very quick.

SWAN's never put off more flowers cause of too much food.

later that night the bloom actually ended up being purple/pink. It opened as blue but changed sometime during the day.

Found out this was probably due to low temperatures.