How to Plant Morning Glory Seeds (Convolvulaceae)? Reasons for Not Blooming and Solutions

The morning glory is a flower that closely resembles a trumpet, so it is also called the trumpet flower, and it is often used for the greening and beautification of courtyard walls and highway slope protection. If you want to plant it, you can collect the seeds yourself or buy them, so how do you plant morning glory seeds?

1. Introduction to the morning glory!

1. What colors are morning glories?

There are many varieties, and the flower colors also differ. The common varieties include Ipomoea hederacea (ivy-leaved morning glory), Ipomoea purpurea (common morning glory) and Ipomoea nil (Japanese morning glory). The flower colors of Ipomoea hederacea include crystal blue, rose red or white; the flower colors of Ipomoea purpurea include white, rose red, crystal blue and so on; the flower colors of Ipomoea nil include white, red, blue, purple, reddish brown, gray, mixed colors and so on.

2. What is the flower language of the morning glory?

The flower language of the morning glory is: honor, and everlasting love.

2. How do you plant morning glory seeds?

1. Seeds: collect them yourself or buy them from a store.

The seeds of the morning glory are egg-shaped and three-angled, about 6 mm long, blackish brown or beige in color, covered with short brown down. You can collect them in someone else's garden, and after collecting, store them in a cool, dry place; you can also buy them yourself from a store.

2. Soil: sandy loam rich in humus.

For cultivating morning glories, you can choose sandy loam rich in humus. You can mix leaf mold, garden soil and river sand in a ratio of 4:5:1 to make the growing medium, and when filling the pot with soil, apply a small amount of bone meal at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer.

3. Sowing: generally sow from late April to early May.

Morning glories are generally sown in late April and early May, and in southern regions it can be slightly earlier. Because the seeds have a fairly hard outer shell, before sowing you can first cut the seed coat, or soak the seeds for 24 hours, or after soaking place them in an environment of 20-25°C to germinate before sowing. Because the seeds are large, the dibbling method is generally used, sowing 3-5 seeds per flower pot, then covering with soil about 2 cm thick.

4. Planting out: once two or three true leaves have grown, they can be planted out.

If they are untreated morning glory seeds, seedlings generally emerge in 7-8 days. Wait until the seedlings have grown two or three true leaves, then they can be planted out in flower pots. Too early and the seedlings are weak; too late and the roots are damaged; neither is good for later development.

5. Fertilizing: apply fertilizer once every 2-3 weeks.

One week after the morning glory is planted out in the flower pot, begin applying dilute liquid fertilizer. After that, apply dilute cake fertilizer water or compound fertilizer once every 2-3 weeks. During the bud stage, spray 1-2 times with a 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate aqueous solution to encourage larger flowers and more vivid colors.

6. Watering: do not water until dry, and when you water, water thoroughly.

When watering morning glories, you can follow the principle of “do not water until dry, and when you water, water thoroughly.” If it is summer, do not wait until the soil is dry before watering; instead, keep the soil moist at all times. At other times, you can water whenever the soil looks dry. When watering, water thoroughly, but do not let water accumulate.

7. Support or dwarfing

The morning glory is a climbing plant. Once it grows to a certain height, use thin bamboo poles to make a support so that it can climb and grow, and you can give the support an artistic shape according to your own preferences. If you do not want a support, you can promptly remove the terminal buds and cultivate it as a dwarf plant.

3. What should you do if the morning glory does not bloom?

1. When does the morning glory bloom?

Under normal circumstances, it is generally sown in spring and blooms in summer and autumn, with a flowering period from June to October; it generally blooms at 4-5 o'clock in the morning, and by noon the flowers wither. If it is in a cool, shaded place, the withering speed will be slower.

2. Why does the morning glory not bloom?

There are many reasons why it does not bloom. It may be improper watering, insufficient light, insufficient fertilizer and other reasons. If watering is insufficient, it cannot meet the requirements needed for blooming; if watering is excessive, it may cause root rot, which leads to bud drop; if light is insufficient, it cannot carry out photosynthesis, and cannot promote blooming; if fertilizer is insufficient, it will inhibit plant growth, causing slow blooming or no blooming at all.

3. How do you solve the problem of the morning glory not blooming?

As long as you find the reason why it does not bloom, you can find the corresponding solution. If it is improper watering, adjust the amount of watering, and it is best to follow the principle of “water when dry and stop when wet, do not water until dry, and when you water, water thoroughly,” but do not let water accumulate; if it is insufficient light, you can place it in a place with plenty of sunlight; if it is insufficient fertilizer, you can apply more fertilizer.

The above is an introduction to the planting methods for morning glory seeds and the solutions for when they do not bloom. I hope it is useful to everyone.