How to Plant Morning Glory Seeds? A Detailed Guide to the Planting Method

First, choose a suitable planting time, generally sowing in late April to early May; choose suitable soil, and a sandy loam rich in humus can be used. Then, cut or nick the seed coat, or soak the seeds for 24 hours, or soak them to promote germination before sowing; generally, dibbling is used, sowing 3 to 5 seeds each time. After sowing, carry out management tasks such as hardening off the seedlings, potting up, fertilizing, watering and pinching.

1. Time: generally sow in late April to early May (in the south it can also be earlier).

2. Soil: a sandy loam rich in humus can be used, made up of 4 parts leaf mold, 5 parts garden soil and 1 part river sand, and a small amount of bone meal is applied to the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer.

3. Sowing: generally dibbling is used, sowing 3 to 5 seeds each time; broadcasting can also be used, covering with about 2 cm of soil after sowing. Before sowing, cut or nick the seed coat, or soak the seeds for 24 hours, or soak them to promote germination before sowing.

4. Management: if the seeds are sown directly without treatment, they emerge in about 7 to 8 days; after emergence, harden off the seedlings, and once the seedlings have just produced true leaves they can be potted up. One week after potting up, apply a dilute liquid fertilizer, then apply a dilute cake fertilizer solution or compound fertilizer once every 2 to 3 weeks, and spray 1 to 2 times with a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution during the bud stage. Water frequently, especially in summer when watering must be sufficient, but the pot must not become waterlogged. After three or four true leaves have grown, vines begin to form in the center, and the plant should be pinched; after the vines have produced three or four leaves, pinch again, which keeps the plant dwarf and upright and can also encourage the plant to flower more.