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Holy potatos! I had no idea they grew roots like that...heh i grow em but never pull them up...now im gonna dig one up as soon as i can and see for myself!
That is just what they grow it one season, I can't even imagine what an old one would look like. If you dig one up can you photograph it and post the photo?
I had to look up the PDB entry, 'cos those roots look meaty enough to be worth eating - particularly the ones the size of watermelons Ulrich :) - but they're poisonous
8-(
Yes, the roots become "monsters". There is no getting rid of 4 o'clocks once they are established, unless you get every bit of root out. Even the very young plants have large swollen tuber-like-roots, after one season. Every year, I pull up and throw away so many. If I don't do this, they take over the garden. It is usually January or February before we get a freeze, hard enough to just kill the tops. The roots never get frozen or killed.
What's up with mine? They don't bloom untill about 10PM. I have been spoiled by the moonflower and morning glory, being fairly predictable and then this...Everyone said they could set their watch by these, but if I did I would be reeeeally late for everything.It's too dark to snap their pics at 10 here in TX..:-)...What am I doing wrong here y'all?, please help.
*This photo is 2 merged together, one taken at 4 o'clock (buds closed). The other the next day after the 10 o'clock blooming *
Thank you for the pictures - I was digging just yesterday to find a spot for a new Hydrangea I bought. I found a bunch of carrot-shaped black roots in the ground and I was not sure what I had hit. I replanted them in another location, not knowing what they were. Then I reembered the only thing I could think of having in that location were a bunch of Four O'Clock's, but I planted them a few years ago by seed and had no idea the roots looked like this. Thanks for confirming what they were!!!!!!!!
hi, wonder of wonders, i have actually managed to get a cutting of f.o.p. to root!!! having read the forums i thought this wouldn't be possible... i am going to plant it today, and will let you know how it does.
happy irene
