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Hello, I have some flowers that I am drying out right now. Did you cover your seeds with soil or did you keep them at the top? How many times did you water it a day?
I have been trying to propagate this plant via softwood and hardwood cuttings but have not been successful. Now trying via the seeds via the flowers that I have gotten from a friend's plant. Any advice on successfully planting this would be very much appreciated!!!
Dennislim - hopefully Mitjo can answer - I tried planting some, none came up - I'm thinking they need it very warm . . .will try again in the late spring . . .
Hey onalee, I tried exposing the cuttings to full sun but that was also not successful. I am from Malaysia and we have hot sun all year round. The closest I ever got with the cuttings was green shoots growing for 2 to 4 weeks. But as soon as the stems started drying out, the shoots went down with them too. I tried 6 cuttings, 3 were good for a while. I even wrapped them in clear plastic to keep the moisture in, but to no avail.
Apart from the flowers that I am drying out, I am re-trying the hardwood cuttings, but via a different method. Consulted the Royal Horticulture book of Gardening and it said to cut about 2 inch of the stem, terminating the cutting just above the buds. I hope you get what I am describing. It has been about 10 days, still no shoots yet. But the book did state to wait for a month. I will keep you posted. I am watering three times a day now. Malaysia is experiencing extremely hot weather now, reaching up to 35 degrees celsius!!!
Seems to me these seeds should germinate, though - as these vines spread easily and quickly here . . . I just don't know the secret to it . . According to Mitjo above, it was no big deal to get them to germinate . . Although, they do put out THOUSANDS of seeds - maybe germination is low? Otherwise we would really be taken over with this vine (almost are now!). I don't know the answer, but certainly would like to find it. It's too cold here now to try these, will try again in late spring . .
