Morning Glories: Grandpa Ott x Heavenly blue, 1 by gofast

gofast wrote:
Hi everybody,

I am new to this forum, but have now read all the threads, which have answered many of the questions I have had. This MG came from a German seed pack that contains many popular and old types of MG. I was particularly thrilled about this one, but couldn't put my finger on it if it was a flying saucer or heavenly blue...it definitely resembles the latter, but as eevysteevy suggested in an old link it may well be a mixture of Grandpa Ott x Heavenly blue. I don't know if it will remain true, but will try to handpollinated it.

I have had my first contact with Emma via Ebay, she is very nice, but I hope to make more friends at this forum, anyway...

I have been in Morocco, Fes, for almost three years now. It's my second year that I am growing MGs here, it's a miracle they grow here at all. Sometimes the sun is so intense that the flowers don't even have the engery to open up. Last year all my MGs were killed within 10 days by red spider mite despite all my efforts to save the plants. The climate is ideal for this bug and it does grow resistant so quickly...

This year I have been better prepared, spider mite is still here, but I have it pretty much under control...

My problem is I have a backyard that is pretty much self-contained and spider mite overwinters in the soil. It literally is enough to have a few left over, which will start the whole cycle again. I am not using heavy pesticides as I don't want to poison myself and am also growing some herbs in my planters...

But I hope to eventually knock out that darn spider mite completely, at least in my backyard...

Martin