Morning Glories: Morning glory adventures.. August 2010 in Kansas, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
I have a long clear plastic hanging shoe bag I used last winter to hold my seedling and cutting pots. It worked well in the basement with a light shining down on it. I have several morning glorys just now germinating and I am hoping they will move on in when it gets cold. I have already begun setting up the areas down there, and will be getting some tall shelves to put under the lights. I have one room designated for cuttings, seed growing and High Light plants.
The main area will be full of tropicals with the regular East to West lighting. The bulbs, corms and tubers will say in their pots or go into one, and rest inside a large plastic tub under a light blanket of peat moss and perlite. All hardys will be in their permanent spot and the left overs of my thinnings out endeavors will be shared around my family. They seem to do okay with prenniels.

I feel Fall. It is crazy/ not time. I have been taking cuttings of things and rooting them. My lavender and pink peony shaped blooming Rose Of Sharon sticks I have cut from Danas House are already rooted. The goldflame and other vine cuttings are getting nubs. The wisteria and trumpet vine cuttings are ready to transplant or send away.
I have gathered huge boxes of coneflowers, yarrows, zinnias, marigolds, 4 o'clocks, Liatris,Monardas, Rudbeckias, datura inoxia, sweet peas, English Ivy , Lantanas, and cosmos. I am like a miser, counting money, only here, I count seeds.
and well anything that makes a seed or a seed pod, either gets scattered elsewhere in the gardens, or in the fine net drawstring bags , or the white paper sacks I use . I have been making new tags to replace the old ones, and tagging the new ones. This is a busy time of the year for me. Kaitlyn brug is blooming again, and so is Elizabeth. I keep seeing little glimpses of the statice, night phlox, creeping verbena, trailing dasiys, mounding dahlias, pentas and impatiens.
I didn't realize how many of those I had. I will gather as much seed as I can from them, and then try to bring in at least two plants from each spot. Only the prenniels will stay outside.



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