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Elijablue
Wheaton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 14, 2009
09:52 PM Post #7170235
| Does anyone know if morning glory seeds are still viable if collected after a frost? The seed pods are soft. I brought them in and left them in a brown paper bag to dry, but I'm wondering if I should just dump the whole lot. I did manage to collect a few before the frost. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 14, 2009
10:38 PM Post #7170422
| yes they are still viable...even if you do nothing they will grow back in the same place you planted them year after year thicker and thicker (and a few places you didn't want them) |
pastime
Waterman, IL
(Zone 5a)
October 15, 2009
08:12 AM Post #7171294
| That's for sure. They'll pop up all over the place! I spent the summer pulling up vines in nearby flower beds. They even started climbing on my shrubs. YUK! |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 15, 2009
09:19 AM Post #7171493
| if you can keep them contained to the spot you want them they're ok...but the work it takes to do that sometimes!
hey pastime these daylilies i got from you is it still ok to plant them and how deep do I plant them? |
Elijablue
Wheaton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 15, 2009
11:20 AM Post #7171830
| Thanks for the info. I collected the seeds this year, as I don't want them where I had originally planted them. The seeds collected after the frost seem to be very soft yet, and much bigger than the seeds I collected prior to the frost - like they are swollen. Will they dry with time? |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 15, 2009
11:38 AM Post #7171875
| yes they will dry out and make more than ever, what color are your morning glories? |
Elijablue
Wheaton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 15, 2009
04:47 PM Post #7172833
| Mostly they were dark purple, but I did have some light pink and lighter shades of purple. I was given a bunch of seedlings in the spring, but didn't plant them in the right place, so I need to replant next year. Thanks for all the info! |
pastime
Waterman, IL
(Zone 5a)
October 16, 2009
08:33 AM Post #7174906
| Katrina, I sent you a D-mail regarding planting the daylilies.
Diana |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 16, 2009
09:56 AM Post #7175187
| thanks, after not getting to bed until nearly 3:30 finishing my sons homework, I do NOT enjoy being awake now |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
October 16, 2009
11:58 PM Post #7178337
| If you guys had been raised on a cotton farm, you wouldn't have a morning glory around you. |
trinawitch
Canton, IL
(Zone 5b)
October 17, 2009
01:26 AM Post #7178538
| lol Jim I remember having to walk the bean fields and pull them up all summer on my aunts farm...cause she wouldn't let me near the corn, I was too tiny, she said, but the boys were walking the corn and anything they could do I could do. and after the first week she realized i wasn't gonna give up so I'd get to do what they boys did including buck hay... but every summer started they same way...your too little |
