Winter 2010-2011: Growing plants under lights indoors! Pt 2

Debra - I hope both your Australian vines do well! Keep us posted!

Thought I would post a couple of photos taken today and then I am off to bed ...

Black NOID.

Speckled "quads" ... LOL!

Cinnamon.

Lavender Jishi.

And this is one of two vines from the Blue Speckles (F3) displaying the variegated leaf gene. I really like the leaves. Very attractive! I am curious now to see what the blooms will look like. Love a good surprise!

Hey Donna, nice seeing you here! We got the worst cold freeze here about two weeks ago.. It reminded me of some of your photos. And we got snow.

Becky, I like your flowers there, some are showing good crosses in the leaves too, not just the flowers.

I like the blue speckle's variegated leaves.

Deborah, those plants are very interesting, Did you use bottom heat on either of those plants? Soaked, etc.?

A.

Becky your blooms are gorgeous. Thanks for the morning eye candy.
A.: I just poke the seeds into the pots.

Debra please do keep us posted on your Australian seeds. If you have any for trade...you know where you can find me.

Nice to see you here to A!

Becky luv your Speckled "quads" and the pink variegated one and basically all of them!!

I am glad everyone enjoyed those blooms. It always makes me smile to walk into the spare room and see those colorful blooms looking back at me! It has really been a treat to see them over the winter months!♥ I am anxious to get them potted up outside and let them go crazy! :-)

Antoinette - The Blue Speckled leaves are really unusual. The only other MGs I've grow that had that much variegation on them was Cameo Elegance and Kohkan. So I am rather excited. One thing though ... I am not seeing the spots on the stem, so am not sure if they will display the speckles on the blooms. We'll see...

Gorgeous plants and blooms Debra and Becky! Really nice to see.

I couldn't help myself and got and early start this year. I have a tray of seedlings that I already I am transplanting into bigger pots. I'm trilled with their roots that already filled the little cups!

Like Dany I'll be starting another batch soon!!!

Helena - Starting seedlings is always exciting! The promise and thrill of blooms to come! They look great and I can't wait to see how they look when they are larger and are blooming! Whoo hoo!

Those look great Helena. I may try the foam cup method this spring too. I could just cut out the bottom of the pot, trying not to cut any roots, and then just sit the cup and all in the next bigger size.
I can get 50 or so 8 oz cups from the $ store for $1.00. I am fighting white flies in the ghouse, they're awful this winter. If they hadn't been so bad, I would have started some mg's already.

Jackie, sending you a dmail.. regarding those little pests..

Jackie - I love the styrofoam cups because I let the vines dry out enough to just "lift" the roots and plants right out of them and repot into the larger containers for their final move. You just have to squeeze the cups a little to loosen the dirt and roots from the cup. I never have any vines go into transplant shock either. You should definitely try it! :-)

Thanks Becky and Jackie. I transplanted all my seedlings into a few 8 oz. cups and 20 oz styrofoam cups. I'm using them cause I think they will keep the heat in better than plastic cups.
Or protect the roots from the cold.

Jackie, I agree with Becky it's pretty easy to just squeeze the cups and have the seedling out. Mine never got transplant shock either, I really think that they are a lot tougher than we give them credit. I have transplanted even from bigger pots without much damage to the roots and still have them live and bloom. I don't baby my plants!

I can't wait to see your blooms, Helena. I have never lost a plant from transplanting , and I use the cups that people throw away at work all the time. I am still pretty partial to my water bottles, tho.
two blue jishis x ten ten from the seeds I grew out this past summer, from the seeds Becky sent me in 09.

Seeds from BlueSpiral ( Karen) from two years ago, these just won't stop.

Thanks for the tips Becky and Helena. I'll do a trial run with the foam cups.
Your vines look great Debra.
Thanks for the dmail re the whitefly's A.

Debra - Oooh! Look at those lovely blooms/vines of yours!!! :-)

I was just going to bed and went in to turn off the lights in the grow room. I always just check all the vines to make sure none are a little wilted and need watering. Low and behold, I noticed that my Strictocardia Bereviensis was climbing all the way up to the top of the shelving unit, so I untangled the vine and as I did so, I noticed buds on it!!! Can you believe it?!! That baby vine is producing blooms already!!! I didn't think I would get blooms for another year! Just goes to show ya that blooms are possible the very first year from seed. Yeehaw!!! :-) :-) :-) I can't wait to see them open up! That vine is a monster vine and needs to be potted up and moved outside. Amazing how they are surviving in those styrofoam cups under shop lights! :-) I still can't get over it and I have been growing them all winter. And talk about blooms!!! I had a lot of blooms on all the vines. I am now seeing seed pods on many of them. I just think that is so amazing to have those results by growing them under flourescent lights. LOL!

Very nice MGs all!!!

Here is split corona from this morning.

Daniel

Daniel - Pretty bloom! Does it have a cultivar name?

Oh Becky, I love growing seedlings under lights.... the contractor building my studio has finally given a finish date of the first week in March... I sure hope so, that will mean I don't have to grow any mgs in my house anymore, and I can grow them in the studio... how I miss that.

It is great to know about Strictocardia, WOW... and I hope you guys try those sea beans... I'm going to try some as soon as I can get in that studio... I hope I have some seeds for Strictocardia, I thought I had a couple left from Ray, but don't know if I do. I may have to order some.

I wonder if the flourescents gave it the ultraviolet rays it needed... this is exciting.

A.

I am excited for you too, Becky.. and I can't imagine a wonderful studio to grow Morning Glorys in, A. That is wonderful for you!
This moon vine mixed with I. Lind has buds and will be blooming soon. I am so happy.

That's exciting, Becky! Hopefully I can get blooms on the ones I started.

Annette I think I have a few extras if you can't find yours. Let me know.

My beautiful leaf and I think I missed the bloom..

Wow! beckygardener your gardening skills are off the chart. The forum is and have benefited from your passion, hard work and dedication to gardening. But we all know that right yall. :)

Debra - I am so jealous! I was just thinking tonight I need to plants some Moonvine seeds this weekend outside! One of my absolute favorite MGs! :-)

I look forward to your I. Lind bloom photos! What is the cultivar that you posted a photo of tonight?

Thanks, Dee! I love a good challenge and thought growing them under lights indoors over the winter months would be fun! It was a surprise how well they have done!

Mornin' no work tommorrow and I have been up all night having a ball..
The albas are going to be open Sunday I bet.

Your plants look great Debra! You have a very nice set up for enjoy your plants during the winter.

Eager to see alba's lovely white blooms Debra. Looking forward to your pics.Hope I get to plant albas on the fence this yr.

Debra - I am planting Moonvine seeds today in a pot with high hopes to get lots of blooms! I sure missed not having any last year! Can't wait to see photos of your blooms! :-)

I'm just getting started. Today I'll go thru the boxes and see what seeds I have from Japan.

Nice blooms Dee.

We are getting 60 mile an hour winds here that started sometime early morning, and it is sooooo cold.. How is everyone else doing?

It is good weather to go through seeds :) !!

A, there goes my lovely 75 degree day, lol. I think the cold front is headed this
way. We will have a tornado threat here this evening. They've been warning us for days.
Which reminds me,. my kids told me they are wanting to cut out the entire budget for NOAH weather radio. They have a warning siren programmed into the weather radio
that is loud enough to wake us at night when we're in the path of a tornado. Can say
goodbye to that if they cut the funding. I will call tomorrow morning, our last day to call our senators and congressmen and tell them what we think about it.

Hope you guys didn't get the hail and tornadoes that were headed your way from our area, Jackie.
Beautiful blooms, that blue silk, and Dee that bloom of yours is nice too!

Alba has decided to wait another day.. there are four buds on this one..

I am getting pods from the Shibouris. They are blooming everyday in two locations for me.

This is a nice blue one..

Thanks Debra. Love the blue