Re: Bedding plants/Ipomoea
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Bedding plants/Ipomoea
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 03:20:08 -0400
First time I bought 'Blackie', had the same problem. Weak, puny
plants; did not amount to a hill of beans. Second lot grew like mad
and have been carrying them over as tubers for a couple of years.
IMO, has to do with how well the plants are established before sale.
Have a feeling that rooted cuttings are potted up and sold before
they are proven to be well established, healthy plants by the
nursery. Have not been able to carry rooted cuttings over winter in
my cool greenhouse - they just fade away and die, but the tubers do
just fine.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Terri <britannica99@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Saturday, July 08, 2000 9:31 AM
>
> I agree with you totally regarding availability
> of bedding plants in the summer. We aren't all
> ready, willing or able to plant annuals at the
> first sign of spring.
>
> I have a question/observation about the black
> sweet potato vine. I first purchased one plant 2
> seasons ago and it was quite prolific. It grew
> like crazy and it was quite easy to root in
> water. However, the plants I purchased last year
> and this, I'm barely able to keep alive. Anyone
> else have this experience?
>
> Terri
> Michigan, zone 5
>
> --- Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU> wrote:
> > Susan,
> >
> > First of all I'd like to recommend the black
> > sweet potato vine, Ipomoea
> > batatas. See if you can get a start from some
> > other gardener; it is
> > unbelievably prolific at producing tubers,
> > which are easy to winter over.
>
> As of mid June around here, the
> > nurseries were sold out of
> > everything. >
>
>
>
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