Morning Glories: Morning Glories 2010 #11, 0 by EmmaGrace

EmmaGrace wrote:
Ok, How do you grow almost 700 MG vines ???
Very carefully . . . lol

We have a very deep lot, so I am lucky that I have a large area in the back corner that I call the 'Back 40'. We are presently still working on that area, so you will need to look past the working tools.

I utilize EVERY single area that I can throughout my yard with tomato cages [usually doubled] and other types of stands as well as quite a few Trellises.

I plant vines close together that are 'supposed' to be the same thing and when they are not I tag the vines as they grow, unless I decide to keep them as a mix. The others, I try to space them far enough apart so there won't be too much untangling.

All of my MGs have a number that is labeled at each vine at the bottom on what ever it is growing on with Masking Tape and Permanent Marker - which is the only way to keep up with this many. I have a Master List that has what MG that number is and where the seed came from and any other important information - PLUS, where it is planted in my yard.

The back property will eventually go across the entire back to the other side, with is not being used for anything now and needs some serious cleaning out - so that is a next year job. I have 4 fences in the Back 40, including the Wood Fence with fencing material attached to it. That is the tallest one and is where I am growing most of my HIGEs this year. One fence is 10' or 12' I don't remember which, and the 2 that we put in last year are 5.5' tall. I'm guessing the length is 20 to 25'. More on the Wood Fence.

We ran out of time this year to put up the new rebar that I wanted to do, so instead we are putting up trellises at an angle. There are 4 up right now and more will go up this weekend. The new Trellises are only to accommodate what I already have started that needs to go in the ground now since I am running out of room.

I am only going to post a few photos and will start a Thread when I get all photos taken - which will be in the mornings when I have blooms. These photos I just took so the vines are pretty wilted at this time of day. It is currently 93°F, with a heat index of 100°F. The two days previous the heat index has been 110°F. We start watering as soon as each area is shaded.

This is a photo of my Back 40 where you can see most of the growing area, but not all