Re: Why do my Ipomea tricolor seedlings look so bad?


Zone 10?  I haven't the slightest notion.  Perhaps they've been sunburned
from too rapid exposure to the sun?  I've had miserable luck with I.
tricolor 'Heavenly Blue' when transplanting.  I started sprouting the seeds
indoors, and planting the sprouted seeds where they are to grow, and this
seems to work much better.

Thanks for flying,
Glider  --Zone 5

At 09:00 PM 4/21/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I have started seeds of several Ipomea tricolor varieties, and they are all
>very pale (some white) and will not thrive. The plants sown directly into
>the pots look as bad as the transplanted ones. I wonder if it is still too
>cold for them (they are in a covered greenhouse that gets quite warm during
>the daytime, but cools off at night)?
>I wonder what your experience has been?
>Anni Jensen
>Zone 10
>SF Bay Area

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