Morning Glories: Morning Glory Odds and Ends Nov 1st, 2008, 1 by patootie

patootie wrote:
I hate the way our posts start drying up this time every year. Is there something you want to share, a question perhaps, then here's a place just for you. Maybe you
don't have a pic to send or you don't feel like it warrants a separate thread, then
feel free to post it here.
This summer I discovered
mealy bugs all over my glories on the front porch. First time in my 60 yrs plus that I've ever had mealy bugs on a glory. Hundreds of ant hills in my front and back yards. I think the ant's tote the mealies around. In return, the ants harvest the sticky, honey dew
secretions from the mealies. I finally doused all the seed pods which were covered with mealy bugs with alcohol. Just pushed the sepals down some and poured the alcohol down the sides of the pod. Good bye mealy bugs. lol
Side note: the ants ripen the buds on my Paeony's and Passion flowers and
would you believe on my bush M Glories.

I hope someone will post about something relevant to their mg gardening or
even a response to my comment. I think we could use a thread like this and I've
started one 4 or 5 times, only to erase it w/out sending it. Your comment could help someone. If no one posts, we will just let this
one dry up and blow away with the wind.