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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 10:37:17 AM
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I'm in Portland, Oregon. Is this the right time to plant my Morning Glory seeds? I love them so much!!
Thanks, gardener farmgirls!
Patricia
Proud Farmgirl Sister #19
Rusty Chicks Chapter
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
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Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 1:31:52 PM
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Hi Utahfarmgirl!
Are you still having any 'frosts'? If you are..I'd probably wait a few more weeks. You could start them inside now though!
What type of morning glory do you have? I LOVE the dark purple variety..called 'Grandpa Ott"...red stars in the middle..they are beautiful!
Sage
Hiding in the broom closet (my craft room!)
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 1:54:31 PM
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I love Morning Glories too! I have them share a trellis with my clematis vine. Here in the Chicago area we can't put the seeds out for about another month. I have high hopes that a warm spell will come & stay before that, but right now it's not looking to good!
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
1940 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 2:04:27 PM
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Thanks, ladies, I think I'll wait a little while, just to be sure. My Morning Glories are the deep blue variety. I just love them. But I know that there are so many gorgeous varieties, too!
Thanks again1
Patricia
Proud Farmgirl Sister #19
Rusty Chicks Chapter
check out my etsy site http://ThePlayfulFarmgirl.etsy.com
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 5:10:03 PM
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I haven't planted Morning Glories in a long time, and now you're tempting me! I love those purple ones with the reddish star centers, too. Also the big clear blue ones -- are they called Heavenly Blue? Something like that.
My mother taught me to nick the ends of Morning Glory seeds with a single-edged razor blade and soak them in water overnight to help them germinate. Anybody know for sure if that's worth the trouble? |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 6:16:23 PM
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I love Heavenly blues. I won't able to plant them here until probably June outside. I wish I had more window space in my big front window...I want to get some started. I need to start gifting out tomato plants I think to make room!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
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Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 7:10:49 PM
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I love morning glories! Mine re-seed themselves, and they grow wonderfully. almost too good. They end up everywhere! But they truly are glorious!
Farmgirl Blessings,
Theresa
http://theresaslavenderbox.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 10:05:24 PM
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Patricia-
You might want to check with your extension agent. Around the Palouse- you can get fined $$$ for planting Morning Glories as they are considered a Noxious Weed in our area! They grow so easily and can spread underground for hundreds of yards.
In Wyoming there isn't enough moisture for them to spread like that and I have really fond memories of beautiful blue morning glories growing on my nanny's shed.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4759 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 05:45:16 AM
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Mara, I always pricked the end of my Morning Glory seeds and soaked them overnight before planting too. Since they always came up, I'd guess it's worth it! Not easy to hold on to the seeds to snip the end off though is it?
Dawn in IL |
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
106 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 09:43:46 AM
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LOL!! no..it isnt Dawn!! But they do say it helps..snip off the ends, soak in warm water overnight..((Sigh)) I'm trying to figure out now what I want mine to 'run' on..something pretty! Ideas?
Sage
Hiding in the broom closet (my craft room!)
http://sagewoodfarm.blogspot.com/ |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 09:50:47 AM
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The "White Weed" is called Bind Weed and is my nemesis...
I always used an exacto knife (from my husband's modelling kit--shhhh.) to knick the seeds. Doesn't have to be much (and don't cut yourself!!!), just enough to let the soil and water in to the otherwise hard coating.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Edited by - KYgurlsrbest on Apr 11 2008 10:05:52 AM |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 12:40:09 PM
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| Alee, are you sure you're not talking about Bindweed? It's like Morning Glory but very different. Morning Glories are annuals that do not spread that way, although they can (and will!) reseed themselves in the general area around where you originally planted them. |
Edited by - Rosemary on Apr 11 2008 12:41:21 PM |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 12:48:10 PM
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So it's official, I guess: Let the seed-nicking & soaking begin!
Whatever we use to nip off those teeny ends (it doesn't matter which end), I suppose stabilizing the little suckers with tweezers or something would be a good idea. I already sacrificed a couple of nicely shaped fingernails to the process of scuffing my Nasturium seeds last week.
Has anybody seen the new "Day and Night" Nasturiums from Johnny's Seeds? Really pretty! I added a packet to my last order and can't wait to see them bloom -- if they will. The soil may be too rich where I planted them, around my store-bought broccoli seedlings, to get anything more than a lot of foliage. |
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MulberryMama
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Jill
Prospect Heights
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2008 : 06:26:28 AM
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When I was a little girl, my mom showed how to delicately tie a piece of kitchen string to the top of the plant, and run the string up the fence, lightpole, or where ever you decide to grow your morning glories. The morning glory vine will spiral its way up the string, as if the slight tension in the string is encouraging it to stretch to its full glory. It was something she said my grandfather taught her, so I figured at least three generations of proof was good enough for me.
I grow my morning glories on the lightposts at the end of my driveway. It is such a nice greeting in the morning when I am backing out to head to work.
I wasn't born in a barn, but I was raised in one. - FarmGirl #162 |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2008 : 9:28:52 PM
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| I'll bet that looks pretty, Jill. Any chance you could share a photo later this summer? |
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
106 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 07:49:46 AM
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The only 'pole' I have at the house to use for that is the one that our electric wires come in on, and it has the outside electric box on it as well. Hubby would prolly not care for having to 'dig through the flowers' to plug something in. Come to think of it, the electric meter reader guy prolly wouldn't see the beauty in them if he had to always push them aside to read the meter either! So..I guess the pole idea is out.
I do have an 'archway' that is metal, you put it together with lots of little screws! I talked to hubby last night about putting that in a permenent position in the yard, he was cool with that..so today, that may be one of the 'projects' we get into. (Putting it back together, and 'sticking it in the ground' somewhere) Now..to figure out WHERE I'd like it!
Gotta be sunshine..as Morning glories like sun and lots of it!
So I'm off to scout the best place in the yard to start the creation of a 'walk through' garden! WISH ME LUCK!
Sage
Hiding in the broom closet (my craft room!)
http://sagewoodfarm.blogspot.com/ |
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MulberryMama
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Jill
Prospect Heights
IL
USA
37 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 07:47:36 AM
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I would love to post a picture later this summer. I am also resurrecting my vegetable and herb gardens after far too many years of an all-consuming job and the births of my daughters. Hopefully, I will have lots of pictures to post.
I wasn't born in a barn, but I was raised in one. - FarmGirl #162 |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 11:45:53 AM
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| Let's all bring on our pictures later this year! It's a shame that for many of us, only our families get to see the beautiful results of all our planning and hard work in the garden. |
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Garden Gate: Morning glories |
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